Tomsk police on Sunday, December 26, published a video of the interrogation of a man detained on suspicion of setting fire to the Tomsk hypermarket “Lenta” on Pushkin Street.
In the video, the man confirms that he set fire to the store. He said that he came to the hypermarket specifically for this purpose. The suspect also clarified that he set fire to arson in the department with pyrotechnics.
According to him, he took a solvent and a gas lighter from a store and then set fire to it.
The fire in “Lenta” on Pushkin Street occurred earlier, on December 25. Pyrotechnics caught fire in the store, firecrackers and fireworks began to explode. CCTV cameras recorded the fact of arson by the buyer.
Later, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Tomsk region reported that the fire was liquidated, visitors and personnel were evacuated, there were no injuries. The suspect was detained in hot pursuit, he turned out to be a local resident born in 1994, he was charged.
Prior to that, on December 21, a fire broke out in another Tomsk hypermarket “Lenta”, on Elizarovykh Street. The fire collapsed about a third of the building, including the roof. It took the evacuation of 200 people, no one was hurt. The fire also led to explosions of pyrotechnics.
On the fact of the incident, a criminal case was initiated under the article “Intentional destruction or damage to property.”
The arson suspect was detained. According to preliminary data, the man was an employee of one of the contractors in the hypermarket; due to a conflict with the managers of the retail chain, he poured flammable liquid over the goods and set them on fire. He was arrested for two months.
Source: IZ
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