Victims of 2021 Osaka clinic arson attack remembered

OSAKA –

Victims of an arson attack on a mental health clinic in Osaka were remembered on Wednesday, the fourth anniversary of the 2021 incident, which killed 26 people, including 49-year-old clinic head Kotaro Nishizawa.

In front of the building that housed the clinic, people related to the victims gathered and prayed for them.

Nishizawa’s younger sister, Nobuko, 48, arrived at the building shortly after 9 a.m. She made offerings including tea, lit incense sticks and recited a sutra for some 10 minutes.