Man arrested for arson after fire kills 3 at his family home in Nagano
長野 3人死亡の住宅火災 放火容疑で32歳次男を逮捕
Kyodo -- Mar 19
A 32-year-old man was arrested Saturday for arson after a fire gutted the house where he lived in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano, apparently killing three of his family members, police said.
Three bodies believed to be those of the man's father, Hitoshi Nakamura, mother and grandmother in her 90s were found after the fire at the two-story house. ...continue reading
Mar 19 (ANNnewsCH) - 長野市で18日、3人の遺体が見つかった住宅火災で、警察はこの家に住む32歳の次男を放火の疑いで逮捕しました。 ...continue reading

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