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Community Forum · Est. 2006
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09-27-2013, 05:07 PM
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Emergency Unit Arson: Jair Alves Fagundes, Bage, Brazil, September 25, 2013
Jair Alves Fagundes, 24, set fire to the reception area of the municipal emergency unit in Bage, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, late on September 25, 2013. The attendant escaped unharmed, and the fire and smoke forced an evacuation. The unit remained closed for several days. Fagundes had sought treatment for a mouth ulcer earlier that day. After being told it was not an emergency and directed to a health post, he threatened the attendant. He returned that afternoon, threw gasoline from a bottle toward the reception window and ignited it. Security footage shows a bright flash and smoke engulfing the reception desk, followed by smoke filling the waiting area as people evacuated. A jury in Bage convicted Fagundes of attempted homicide on July 10, 2014. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. |