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Arson Suspect Arrested After Fire at Annex of Bucharest Martyrs’ Church

From Adevărul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Official statement Under investigation
  • Police detained a Bucharest man accused of setting fire to a church annex on Aug. 7.
  • A judge ordered him held in preventive custody for 30 days after prosecutors requested the measure.
  • The case concerns suspected destruction and remains under investigation by Bucharest police under prosecutorial supervision.

A man in Bucharest has been placed in preventive custody for 30 days after allegedly setting fire to an annex in the courtyard of the Church of the Martyrs of December 1989 in Sector 4.

Investigators say the incident happened at about 2:28 a.m. on Aug. 7, when the man used a lighter to ignite the annex. Police detained him for 24 hours. The report identifies him as a repeat offender.

On Sept. 1, a prosecutor from the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Sector 4 Bucharest District Court requested preventive detention. A judge approved the request and ordered the 30-day measure.

The Bucharest General Directorate of Police’s 14th Police Section is conducting the investigation under the supervision of the case prosecutor. The suspect is being investigated for destruction.

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