Arsonist Arrested After Setting Fire to Over 50 Shops at Incheon Marketplace

This is a pretty bad case of arson, fortunately no one was killed:

Vice Minister of the Interior and Safety Han Chang-seob, left, and Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok inspect the charred ruins of Hyundae Market in Dong District, Incheon on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Vice Minister of the Interior and Safety Han Chang-seob, left, and Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok inspect the charred ruins of Hyundae Market in Dong District, Incheon on Sunday. [YONHAP]

A man detained Sunday morning on suspicion of starting a massive overnight blaze that burned down more than 50 stores in an Incheon market set fire to five different locations inside and near the market, according to police.  
   
The suspect, whom the Incheon Jungbu Police Precinct described only as a man in his 40s, is accused of starting three fires inside the Hyeondae Market in Songnim-dong, Dong District, at around 11:38 p.m. the previous day.  
   
Police said closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage recorded by street cameras outside the market showed the man also setting fire to garbage awaiting collection next to a church outside the market, then to a small cargo truck parked nearby.

Joong Ang Ilbo

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setnaffa
setnaffa
1 year ago

Chinese? Islamic? US GI? Bankrupt Korean?

Could they reveal less information? Oh yeah, some guy in his 40s… but was it a “man” or a “trans-man” (because I hear they’re “real men” too)?

Oh, wait:

According to a police official who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, the man told investigators that he was “extremely drunk and has no recollection of going either to the market or how he got home.”

Definitely sounds fishy to me…

Last edited 1 year ago by setnaffa
Flyingsword
Flyingsword
1 year ago

I’ve been extremely drunk, have never burned so much as a hamburger……I mean I have friends that have been extremely drunk.

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