Sunday, September 29, 2024, 1:11 p.m.
A 41-year-old man, who some sources identify as an emigrant of Syrian origin, set fire to two residential buildings in the German city of Essen this Saturday afternoon, injuring 31 people, including two babies, who are in critical condition due to smoke inhalation.
Later, the suspect rammed several businesses with a van and entered a fruit store, where he barricaded himself in a backyard with a machete, spreading panic until he was subdued by neighbors, who handed him over to the Police.
The fire service said that when it arrived at the scene of the first fire, smoke was coming from the entrance to the building and people were calling for help from the windows. Neighbors had put up ladders to help people escape, but they were not long enough to reach the upper floors.
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