TIRANA, August 18 /ATA/ Following the arrest of a Gziq village resident for intentional arson in Mirdita, Minister of Interior Besfort Lamallari urged the prosecution to conduct a thorough investigation.
Emphasizing that deliberate fires are crimes rather than natural disasters, he warned they will recur unless met with the full force of the law.
Police caught the suspect red-handed after he allegedly set three fires burning 400m² of forest in Gziq, Rrëshen, following a three-day ground pursuit. The suspect is linked to additional arson attacks in the Mirdita municipality, which police intervention successfully prevented.
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