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This summer, there were four fires in Sejong City in about a month.
The fire was suspected to be arson, but when they caught the culprit, he turned out to be a first-year middle school student.
Reporter Park Seon-jin covered the story exclusively.
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A man seemed to be heading to the waste disposal site provided in a multi-family house, but then quickly left the parking lot.
A little while later, a fire starts in the recycling bin.
The man quickly disappeared on a bicycle nearby.
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″The fire department kept coming and doing it… So I asked why and they said there was a fire and they put it out right away… ″
A month ago, recycling waste on the roadside right in front of a multi-family house caught fire, and a fire broke out in a nearby forest.
A total of four fires broke out within a 500m radius over a period of about a month, at intervals of three to four days.
On CCTV, after each fire, a man with a similar gait was captured shining a cell phone flashlight at the burning area.
Since it was a multi-family home parking lot, it could have led to a bigger fire.
Traces of the arson at the time remain, such as melting trash cans.
Ultimately, the arsonist was revealed to be a male first-year middle school student.
As a result of the police investigation, it was revealed that the student started the arson to relieve stress, and even boldly called 119 to set the fire and report it.
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″If the suspect had not been identified, the (arson) act could have continued with vehicles or other large objects… ″
The police said they are taking protective measures to protect the middle school student, who is a minor under the law, and plan to forward him to the prosecution soon.
This is Seonjin Park from MBC News.
Video coverage: Hwang In-seok (Daejeon)
2023-11-01 11:25:52
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