Man nabbed over 5 deaths in robbery-arson case

Man nabbed over 5 deaths in robbery-arson case

AOMORI, Japan - Mitsuhiro Kobayashi, a 43-year-old taxi driver, was arrested March 4, on suspicion of setting fire to consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp.'s Hirosaki branch in Aomori Prefecture in a bungled robbery last May, killing five people and injuring four others.

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