The MBS television station reported on Thursday that police have arrested a man who threatened the game company Visual Art’s online with arson.
The suspect allegedly sent a message to his former superior, a 36-year-old male nursing home employee, through LINE on July 25 at around 10:35 a.m. The message said, “I’m off to get revenge.
The July 18 fire at Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building killed 35 people and wounded 34 others.
The suspect is a 25-year-old temporary worker from Hamamatsu city in Shizuoka prefecture.