The mayor of the Locri community in Phthiotida, Thanasis Zekentes, spoke about the arrested minor who allegedly confessed to 9 arson attacks. According to the teenager, he likes fire and smoke.
Locri Mayor Mr Thanassis Zekentes spoke on Open TV about the 14-year-old arsonist who is believed to be responsible for 9 of the 13 fires that have recently occurred in Theologos Phthiotida district. According to the head of the community, after the arrest, the boy told the firefighters that he set fire to it because he liked to see the flames and smoke.
14-year-old set fire to forest because he wanted to see fire and smoke
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It is noted that the identity of the young arsonist was calculated using CCTV cameras. As shown on the cameras, the teenager uses matches to set fires. The young man is now accused of at least 9 fires that occurred from 5 to 17 August. As the mayor noted, the minor was sent to the Lamia prosecutor’s office, where he was charged with criminal arson. There are also his parents, who are also charged.
The official stressed that the fires, which the teenager is most likely to blame, have created big problems in the area: a large amount of property has been destroyed. To eliminate them, hundreds of firefighters, volunteers, and military personnel acted over the course of several days. The family’s lawyers say their child did not set anything on fire.
According to lamiareport, Lamia’s fire and police investigators took 12 days to collect evidence at the site of 13 fires that occurred during the above period. They evaluated eyewitness testimony and surveillance footage in the area in order to trace the underage arsonist.
The teen’s crime reportedly began on Thursday, August 5, with four fires in the vast area of Theologos, while the heat was 44 degrees.
A large fire followed on Friday August 6, which burned 23 houses, vehicles, hundreds of acres of forest and farmland. He threatened human lives on the day that the fire department set the 5th level of danger, the maximum category.
The latest fire blamed on the teenager broke out on the afternoon of Tuesday 17 August in Profitis Ilias. He is also accused of the fires that occurred on August 8, 12, 13 and 15.
Editor’s note: the version is, of course, good. Even too good to be real, as it is comfortable for all parties. In addition to the fine, which will be written on the parents, nothing threatens the teenager. And if a psychiatric examination (and it will be, 100%) shows his insanity, then everything will go without consequences. And the real perpetrators of arson will remain in the shadows, as usual …
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