The fire lasted half an hour and destroyed the third floor of a small commercial building where the psychiatric clinic was located, causing 25 deaths.
A 61-year-old man suspected of setting a fire at a psychiatric clinic in Japan, which cThere were 25 deaths on December 17, died in hospital Thursday, police announced.
Morio Tanimoto was in critical condition due to carbon monoxide poisoning after the fire in Osaka (western Japan).
“The suspect died today,” a local police investigator told AFP.
The man – a former patient at the clinic – died without being questioned by the policesaid public broadcaster NHK, citing sources close to the investigation.
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The fire lasted half an hour and destroyed the third floor of a small building where the psychiatric clinic was located, which also provided general medical care.
According to the Japanese media, most of the victims suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and they could have been caught in the smoke inside the clinic whose exit was blocked.
On December 20, an Osaka police investigator told AFP that security camera footage showed what appeared to be a man setting fire to flammable liquid In the establishment.
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The cameras from the clinic filmed it loading paper bags and placing them on the entrance floor.
Then you see how something like a liquid comes out of the bags“And the man” kneeling on the ground and is seen making a movement with his hands, before the flames ignite“Added the researcher. (I)
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