'60-Year-Old Man Arrested for Arson at Sangam-dong Parking Building'

Seoul Mapo-gu Sangam-dong Parking Complex Building Fire Scene [Provided by Seoul Mapo Fire Station]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A man in his 60s who deliberately set fire to a parking complex building in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, has been arrested.

On the 7th, Judge Yoo Chang-hoon, in charge of warrants at the Seoul Western District Court, announced that he had issued an arrest warrant for Mr. A, a man in his 60s arrested on suspicion of arson of an occupied building, stating "there is a risk of flight," as requested by the prosecution.

Mr. A is suspected of deliberately setting fire on December 29 last year at 9:08 a.m. to the parking management office located on the first basement floor of a parking complex building with six basement levels and four above-ground floors in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. There were no casualties from the fire. Property damage estimated by the fire station amounted to approximately 1.3 million KRW, including office equipment such as a copier inside the management office.

The police tracked Mr. A, who fled immediately after the crime, based on CCTV footage and apprehended him after six days.

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