Arson at garbage dump or arrest of company employee Involved in another arson?

Arsenal at garbage dump or arrest of company employee involved in another arson? Metropolitan Police Department March 10 12:23

An employee was arrested last month for setting up a fire at a garbage dump in an apartment building in Kita-ku, Tokyo. There have been five arson incidents, such as a car being burned in the area, and the Police Department is investigating the connection.

Arrested was Hideko Shimomura, 60, a company employee in Tabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, at dawn on the 11th of last month at a garbage dump in an apartment building in Nakazato, Kita-ku, it was suspected that abandoned garbage was ignited and burned.

According to the investigation so far, he seems to have ignited using a lighter. He acknowledged the investigation and stated, "I do not know why I ignited myself."

Within a radius of 300 meters from the site, there have been five arson cases in which cars and the like are burned in apartments and houses at similar times.

The Police Department is investigating the connection because it also implies involvement in these.

Neighboring woman "suspicious fire continued worried"

A 70-year-old woman living nearby said, `` On a day when there was a suspicious fire in the immediate vicinity of my house, it was important because others used a fire extinguisher that was placed at the entrance of my house to put out the fire I was worried about the suspicious fires that were going on here, but I was relieved to hear that the suspect had been arrested. "