“Man Accused of Arson Attempt (72) Taken to Kagoshima District Public Prosecutors Office – MBC News Reports What He Said Before Arrest”

What did the man say before he was arrested?Man suspected of attempted arson (72) taken to Kagoshima District Public Prosecutors Office[04/07 19:12]

A man who was arrested for trying to break into and set fire to an office in Kagoshima City was sent to the Kagoshima District Public Prosecutors Office on the 7th. Prior to his arrest, the man spoke to MBC about the suspicious fire.

(Suspect Kazuo Watarai) “A fire engine came and I went to see it and it was burning. That’s all.”

Kazuo Watarai (72), whose occupation is unknown, was sent to the public prosecutor’s office on the 7th on suspicion of attempted arson and intrusion into a building.

According to the police, the suspect is suspected of breaking into the former office of Fukumitsu Transportation near his home at around 0:50 am on the 6th and trying to arson with a lighter he had.

At the site on the 6th, a fire broke out in the early hours of the 30th of last month. During the fire fighting, the suspect who lived nearby was interviewed by MBC.

(Suspect Kazuo Watarai) “A tall, thin man. He crumpled up a newspaper and set it on fire with a lighter. He threw the ignited newspaper. After that, the red fire spread and became a dawn. A bright red fire rose up.”

A visitor who saw the man who set the fire. When he visited the next day to hear the story again, the contents of the testimony changed completely.

(Kazuo Torai) “(Q. Did anyone see the culprit?) You didn’t say that. I didn’t see it.” When I went to see it, a fire engine came. He didn’t say anything like that he saw the criminal.”

The first suspicious fire was on the night of the 28th of last month. At the former office of Fukumitsu Transportation, a piece of wood was burned. After midnight on the 30th, a fire broke out in a two-story building, and five hours later, walls and trash cans were burning at a welfare facility about 200 meters away. When I heard about the continuous suspicious fire…

(Suspect Kazuo Watarai) “(Q. I’m worried about the suspicious fires in the area.) I’ve never thought of that. I don’t know at all. I don’t care.

Six days after this interview, the suspect was arrested for trying to set fire to the office.

(Nearby residents)

“I often heard him yell (of the suspect who came to Japan). We only met face-to-face, but didn’t say hello. I was surprised that the suspect was so close.”

“For the time being, I’m relieved. The street was dark, so there were no streetlights, so I slept with the lights outside my house on.”

The representative of Fukumitsu Transportation, which was damaged, said, “I have no acquaintance with the suspect, and I do not know the motive.”

In response to the police investigation, the suspect has admitted to the allegations, saying that there is no doubt about it. doing.