True crime · 29.09.2020
Fire under the Song Festival arch
At 11.24 p.m. on 29 September 2020 rescuers were called to the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, where flames were seen under the great arch, the stage of Estonia's song festivals. Security cameras showed a young man walking towards the arch with a canister, pouring accelerant into a rubbish bin under the stage and setting it alight. When rescuers arrived, a badly burned 27-year-old man told them he had tried to put the fire out. The blaze damaged an area of about 3 by 6 metres of the arch's wooden boarding and roofing. The manager said the man had come to destroy one of the nation's symbols. A court took the suspect into custody.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
29. septembril 2020 kell 23.24 said päästjad väljakutse Tallinna lauluväljakule, kus laulukaare all oli näha leeke. Turvakaamerad näitasid, kuidas noor mees sammus kanistriga laulukaare poole, valas lava all prügikasti kergesti süttivat vedelikku ja süütas selle. Päästjaid ootas kohapeal raskete põletushaavadega 27-aastane mees, kes väitis, et püüdis tuld kustutada. Tules sai kahjustada umbes 3 x 6 meetri suurune ala laulukaare puitlaudisest ja katusest. Lauluväljaku juhi sõnul tuli mees kindla plaaniga hävitada üks rahva sümboleid. Kohus võttis kahtlustatava vahi alla.