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True crime · 03.09.2015

Petrol against the wall at Vao

At 4:25 am on 3 September 2015 someone set fire to the outer wall of the accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Vao village. The arsonists used petrol. More than 50 people, among them 13 children, were asleep inside. Rescuers put out about ten square metres of burning cladding in ten minutes, and no one was hurt. The Prime Minister made a flash visit, and the President asked all parliamentary parties to condemn the attack. Detectives heard dozens of witnesses and watched thousands of hours of video. Cameras caught the moment the flames rose, but the culprits had crept in through blind spots. In October 2016 the case was closed without result.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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3. septembril 2015 kell 4.25 süütas keegi Vao külas varjupaigataotlejate majutuskeskuse välisseina. Süütajad kasutasid bensiini. Majas magas üle 50 inimese, nende seas 13 last. Päästjad kustutasid umbes kümme ruutmeetrit põlevat seinavoodrit kümne minutiga ja keegi viga ei saanud. Peaminister tegi keskusesse kiirvisiidi ja president nõudis, et kõik parlamendierakonnad rünnaku hukka mõistaksid. Uurijad küsitlesid kümneid tunnistajaid ja vaatasid läbi tuhandeid tunde videot. Kaamerad salvestasid hetke, mil leegid kerkisid, kuid kurjategijad olid lähenenud kaamerate pimealadest. 2016. aasta oktoobris lõpetati uurimine tulemusteta.

Map of the area around Petrol against the wall at Vao
59.11860° N, 26.18134° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Postimees/BNS, 3 September 2015 and 12 October 2016. ↗

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