Police, emergency services and ambulance were alerted to an apartment fire on Ersboda in Umeå at 03.15 at night on Wednesday. The fire started at the front door and several people were in the apartment. The fire was suspected of being set on fire.
The fire was quickly suspected of being set on fire. Just over an hour after the fire started, the man, who is 35 years of age, could be arrested at a different address than where it burned.
On Thursday afternoon, he was arrested on suspicion of aggravated arson and attempted murder. The man appears in the criminal record once before, when convicted of illegal threats. The man refuses a crime.
Prosecution must be brought by June 4.