Man arrested over setting fires at 2 clothing stores in Hong Kong airport
Fire at first store was quickly put out by staff, but police investigation suggests second shop also targeted
Police said on Tuesday night that they had received a report at 6.52pm from a security guard who discovered several pieces of burnt clothing in a store at the airport’s first terminal.
Staff at the store managed to extinguish the flames before firefighters arrived at the scene.
“After a preliminary investigation, the firefighters believe the cause of the fire was suspicious,” police said.
The force said that upon further investigation, officers believed the suspect had committed arson at a second clothing store in the airport.
It was not immediately clear whether the suspect was a visitor to Hong Kong, with police only describing him as a Nepalese man holding a foreign passport.