Suspect in Japan Clinic Fire That Killed 25 Has Died, NHK Says

A man prays by the building where a fire broke out the previous day in Osaka, Japan, on Dec. 18, 2021. Carl Court/Getty Images

TOKYO—A 61-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a psychiatry clinic that killed 25 people in the Japanese city of Osaka this month died in hospital on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said.

The man, identified as Morio Tanimoto by NHK and other Japanese media, had been in critical condition due to carbon monoxide inhalation from the fire.