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After shots in Essen: suspected arsonist in custody

2022-11-25T13:38:05.846Z


After shots in Essen: suspected arsonist in custody Created: 2022-11-25Updated: 2022-11-25 2:32 p.m Bullet holes were discovered in the rabbi's house near the old synagogue in Essen. © Justin Brosch/ANC-NEWS/dpa/archive image A 35-year-old is said to have carried out an arson attack on a school in Bochum - the public prosecutor's office does not rule out a connection to the shots at the former


After shots in Essen: suspected arsonist in custody

Created: 2022-11-25Updated: 2022-11-25 2:32 p.m

Bullet holes were discovered in the rabbi's house near the old synagogue in Essen.

© Justin Brosch/ANC-NEWS/dpa/archive image

A 35-year-old is said to have carried out an arson attack on a school in Bochum - the public prosecutor's office does not rule out a connection to the shots at the former rabbi's house at the old synagogue in Essen.

In addition, the arrested suspect is said to have tried to win a witness as an accomplice for an arson attack on the synagogue in Dortmund.

Düsseldorf/Essen - This was announced by the public prosecutor's office in Düsseldorf on Friday.

The witness refused and went to the police.

This arrested the alleged instigator on the night of November 18th.

He has been in custody since November 19 on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by the Dortmund district court.

In the meantime, according to the public prosecutor's office, he has also been accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Hildegardis school in Bochum on the evening of November 17.

There was soot damage to a window frame and fire damage to the styrofoam insulation of the building.

The Hildegardis-Gymnasium is in the immediate vicinity of the Bochum synagogue and the planetarium as well as the city park.

According to the Attorney General, a connection with the crime in Essen is currently being examined.

Attempted incitement to serious arson is punishable by imprisonment from three months to eleven years and three months.

Attempted serious arson is punishable by imprisonment from one to fifteen years.

dpa

Source: merkur

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