A municipal employee in Shefar'am burned down the municipal hotline for security camera surveillance because he was not satisfied with his salary, and is now arrested and charged with arson.
The indictment filed this morning (Monday) by the Haifa District Attorney's Office in the city district court alleges that Mustafa Khalil, 37, a resident of Shefar'am, broke a computer screen in the hotline located in the city hall, then set fire to a table with a lighter and charcoal lighter - all due to dissatisfaction. Desire from his salary and from the treatment of his claims that money is deducted from his salary.
According to the indictment, filed by Adv. Shachar Barak, Khalil left the municipal building after the center started burning, and "warned anyone he met on his way that they would not reach the center because a fire had broken out.
Two city employees arrived at the fire station and tried to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher, but were unable to contain the fire that was raging at the time.
The other workers present at the scene were forced to flee the building and evacuate.
Later, firefighters and police arrived at the scene, took control of the fire and extinguished it. "
As a result of his actions, a fire broke out that completely destroyed the focus.
The corridor and the adjoining rooms were partially burned, as a result of fire and smoke damage, and an initial estimate of the damage to the center and the adjoining rooms is estimated at half a million shekels.
The indictment was filed along with a request for detention until the end of the proceedings.