The suspect in the Osaka clinic fire case may have planned a series of arson attacks after purchasing gasoline in November
China news network December 20, according to Japanese media reports, 20, interviewed investigators learned that on the Japanese city of Osaka North downtown North new building, a building on the 4th floor of the psychological medicine clinic fire, and caused 24 people were killed in the fire, suspected of murder and arson suspect Tanibensheng xiong (61 years old, occupation unknown) in late November, Bought gasoline at a gas station near his residence in Nishiyodokawa District, Osaka city.
Japanese police also reportedly found a brown liquid in a plastic container that smelled of gasoline at his residence. A summary examination by the fire department showed that oil was found in the liquid. A small fire was said to have broken out at the residence about 30 minutes before the building fire, and oil was also detected on the interior floor. Oil has been identified near the site of the fire at the clinic, and Osaka police are investigating Tanimoto on suspicion of a planned series of fires.
Tanimoto's residence in Nishidokawa ward is about 3.5 kilometers away from the building, and it is reported that he had moved out more than a year ago and recently began to live there again. The public fee was contracted by Tanimoto, and the residence also had medicine bags for the clinic.
After the small fire, Tanimoto went to the building. Before the incident, surveillance cameras along the route caught a man who appeared to be Tanimoto riding a bicycle and wearing a backpack with what looked like a paper bag on the frame. After arriving at the building, the suspect brought two large paper bags into the clinic. Charred cigarette lighters were found near where the fire started.
Tanimoto reportedly suffered burns to his face and hands and was in a critical condition due to carbon monoxide poisoning and other injuries. The scene was the "Nishumeda Mind and Body Clinic". The fire broke out around 10:15 a.m. local time on the 17th, and 27 people inside the clinic suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and were sent to the hospital. 24 people were later confirmed dead, ranging in age from 20 to 60. The number of patients was expected to increase as the clinic planned to carry out a group therapy program to support suspended workers returning to work.