Fire Department called to Bad Godesberg Suspect lights fire to avoid arrest
BAD GODESBERG · On Thursday, Bonn police went to the apartment of a suspect to issue an arrest warrant. The suspect resisted, setting fire in his apartment.
Armed with an arrest warrant, police showed up at the apartment building of a man living in the Bad Godesberg area of Schweinheim on Thursday morning. They had received information that the suspect was in his apartment in a building on Quellenstraße and they arrived at around 11:25 am. The 45-year-old man was wanted on charges of damaging property and he was to serve a sentence.
The suspect did not respond to the police ringing at his apartment so they gained access to the stairwell to get to his front door. When they got there, they noticed smoke developing from underneath the doorway. The fire department was notified immediately and the building, with 13 rental apartments was evacuated.
At 12:50 pm, the man turned himself over to police. According to GA information, the man was suffering from psychological problems and he lit several Molotov cocktails in his apartment, which caused the smoke. The extent of the damage caused by the fire was also not yet known. He is now being investigated on charges of suspected arson.
(Orig. text: Jens Klein, Sebastian Meltz)
