Crowds of rioters have set police and public transport vehicles on fire in the Irish capital, Dublin, amid rumors that a man who stabbed three children and a woman at a city school was a foreign national. Protesters began to assemble in the center of the city on Thursday afternoon …
Read More »France’s largest wildfire might be ‘act of arson’
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday he strongly suspected the forest fire that flared up in the department of Gironde may have been restarted by arsonists. More than 6,200 hectares have burned down so far this week, the major highway leading to Bordeaux has been shut down, and …
Read More »Deaths feared after suspected arson in Osaka building
A fire consumed the commercial building – which houses a mental health clinic, among other businesses – near the busy Kitashinchi train station on Friday, and photos show the windows of the fourth floor broken and burned. A spokesperson for Osaka Police told AFP that the tragedy was possibly the …
Read More »California woman arrested on suspicion of ARSON linked to Fawn wildfire
The woman, identified as Alexandra Souverneva, was charged with arson to wildland on Thursday, according to Cal Fire officials cited by a local CBS affiliate, while another local outlet reported that she is now being held on $100,000 bail at the Shasta County Jail. Workers at businesses in the vicinity …
Read More »‘Act of terror’: Polish minister condemns arson attack on vaccination site, vows to fight threats against health officials
According to regional police, an unknown perpetrator set a mobile vaccination unit on fire and started another blaze at a local office of the state epidemiological service in the southeastern city of Zamosc on Sunday night. CCTV footage shows a masked man breaking a window of the building, pouring flammable …
Read More »Trudeau condemns spate of arson attacks on Catholic churches as Canada reels from unmarked graves scandal
“It is unacceptable and wrong that acts of vandalism and arson are being seen across the country, including against Catholic churches,” Trudeau said on Friday, less than 24 hours after statues of Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria were torn down by protesters in Winnipeg without any interference by police. …
Read More »4 Afghan nationals jailed for 10 years over arson that destroyed Greece’s Moria migrant camp amid Covid-19 quarantine protests
The men were found guilty of arson with risk to human life, the court said in the verdict on Saturday. The defense claimed that their clients had been framed by a witness, saying that the ruling was “an inconceivable conviction without evidence.” The lawyers earlier filed a request for three …
Read More »Wildfires rage near Jerusalem, prompting evacuations & suspicions of arson (VIDEOS)
Residents of the Ma’ale HaHamisha community, populated by almost 800 people, were ordered to leave their homes as the flames approached. The fires also prompted the closure of some roads and highways, and Israel Railways briefly halted services on the high-speed line between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. A session of …
Read More »German police probe Tesla factory fire as possible arson attack after blaze claimed by ‘left-wing extremists’
A fire at Tesla’s so-called ‘gigafactory’ in Gruenheide outside Berlin early on Wednesday damaged electricity cables at the site, a spokesperson for Brandenburg police said. Forensics officers were dispatched to the scene and police are looking at a potential crime of arson, a spokesperson for the state criminal investigation office …
Read More »Clashes, arson & mass arrests as riot police struggle to contain anti-lockdown rage in the Netherlands (VIDEOS)
Police faced off with curfew-defying crowds in The Hague, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Enschede, Stein, Oosterhout, Breda and elsewhere across the nation for the second day in a row on Sunday. READ MORE: Rowdy youth torch Covid-19 testing site in Netherlands as nighttime curfew triggers unrest (VIDEOS) At least 190 people, including …
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