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man in his 70s who started fire by spraying inflammables in a shopping mall in Gwangju was caught.
It turned out that this man spent several years in prison after setting fire to Seoul Subway Line 3 six years ago. Why he repeats this, reports KBC reporter Park Seong-ho.
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Today (15th) at 0:30 am, a man carefully enters the back door of a shopping mall in Dong-gu, Gwangju.
When the security company's alarm sounds, he hides the black envelope he was holding in his hand and hurried to evacuate.
The items contained in the black envelope were intended to set fire with combustible materials.
A man who returned after 3 hours succeeded in lighting the stairs of the building this time, but was found by the police who were looking around after receiving a report of attempted arson, and fortunately it did not spread to a large fire.
The police urgently arrested Mr. A, who ran away immediately after the crime, and returned to the scene 50 minutes later, on charges of arranging the prefecture building.
According to a police investigation, Mr. A was found to have committed the same crime when he lost to a civil lawsuit related to property occupation with the building owner.
In 2014, Mr. A was known to have filed a lawsuit with the city of Gwangju in relation to the wastewater problem in his store, but was dissatisfied with the ruling and set fire to Seoul Subway Line 3, and was released last year after receiving five years in prison.
[Police official: I came out after living a five-year sentence.
In order to highlight (your own story) in society, everything becomes concentrated when you fire the subway.
That's why I did it.] The
police are planning to apply for an arrest warrant for Mr. A by grasping the exact details of the incident, including the motive of the crime.
(Video coverage: Chang-Gun Jang KBC, Hyung-soo Kim KBC)