A young man who set fire to a parking lot on the street. Magnetic, taken into custody

The measure of restraint in the form of detention was sanctioned against a 19-year-old previously unconvicted citizen who is accused of committing hooliganism and intentional destruction and damage to property committed in a generally dangerous way and caused damage on an especially large scale, the prosecutor's office of the Zavodsky district told the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency.

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It was established that the young man, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, was returning from the bar in the late evening on the trolley bus No. 3. Out of hooligan motives, he damaged an electronic composter and a video surveillance camera in the cabin.

After that, the Minsker headed towards the parking lot on the street. Magnetic, on the way smashed four more cameras installed on the facade of the apartment building. In one of the parked cars was not locked trunk, from which the defendant took out a filled canister, doused with gasoline cars and set fire to.

The flames destroyed the Citroen C4 Picasso, Fiat Ulysse, Kia Joice and BMW X5. Another six vehicles were damaged. The total amount of damage caused to car owners was 99 520 BYN.

The suspect was quickly detained - he was hiding in an Audi, from which he took out a canister of gasoline. A criminal case was opened against the young man.

- The detainee has a basic education, he is single, has not previously been convicted, but was brought to administrative responsibility, said Victoria Kuntsevich, deputy prosecutor of the Zavodsk district. He is accused of intentional actions that grossly violate public order and express clear disrespect for society, accompanied by damage to someone else's property (hooliganism), and intentional destruction and damage to property committed in a generally dangerous way and caused damage on a particularly large scale, that is, in committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code and Part 3 of Article 218 of the Criminal Code. The young man admitted his guilt completely, but noted that he almost does not remember the events of that evening because of the alcohol he drank the day before. A preventive measure in the form of remand in custody has been sanctioned against him.