2024-10-01 13:44:27
31 people injured, including eight seriously injured children. This is the result of two fires in Essen. A man is suspected of setting the fire. The 41-year-old is then filmed driving into two stores.
There are dramatic scenes that residents in Essen filmed on Saturday evening. They try to corner a 41-year-old man. They attack the man with shovels and long sticks until the police arrive. The Syrian is then arrested.
He is a suspect in relation to the two fires, a police spokesman said. He is also suspected of driving a delivery truck into two stores a few minutes later. According to a police spokesman, nothing can be said about the suspect’s motives. The Essen resident with Syrian nationality was uninjured.
Footage is said to show the suspect driving to two stores after the fires in two residential buildings. Residents then film how several people manage to push the man into a corner. They use long sticks and shovels to try to stop the 41-year-old from committing any further crimes.
See the dramatic scenes from Essen in the video above.