Body recovered from suspected arson blaze at Utsunomiya shop

Body recovered from suspected arson blaze at Utsunomiya shop

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Investigators recover a body June 11 from a jewelry shop in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, after a blaze there killed six female employees. Arson is suspected. The fire gutted the first floor of the Utsunomiya branch of Tsutsumi Jewelry Co.

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