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Once too many hits with the stupid stick may offer a reason for this story...the way some peoples' kids these days behave and think is scary...
12-y.o. girl held over Tokyo supermarket arson
An elementary school girl who set fire to clothes and blankets at a Tokyo supermarket after watching a television program showing fires has been taken into custody and reported to a child consultation center, police said.
Police took the 12-year-old girl into custody after she admitted starting fires at an Ito-Yokado supermarket in the Tokyo city of Akishma.
When questioned by police, she reportedly told officers she had started the fire after seeing blazes break out at the Don Quijote discount retail chain in Saitama Prefecture.
"I saw the Don Quijote fires on TV, and I wondered what kind of disturbance it would cause if I lit a fire," she was quoted as saying.
Investigators said the girl used a barbecue lighter to set fire to blankets on the third floor of the supermarket at about 4:10 p.m. on Dec. 17, then set alight children's sweaters about half an hour later.
Workers at the store put out both fires, but a total of 94 items, including seven blankets and a number of sweaters were burned.
About 50 customers who were on the third floor at the time were evacuated from the building, but no one was injured.
Police said the girl also admitting starting a fire in the stationery department of the same store. Police reported her to the Tachikawa child consultation center in Tokyo. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Jan. 13, 2005)
12-y.o. girl held over Tokyo supermarket arson
An elementary school girl who set fire to clothes and blankets at a Tokyo supermarket after watching a television program showing fires has been taken into custody and reported to a child consultation center, police said.
Police took the 12-year-old girl into custody after she admitted starting fires at an Ito-Yokado supermarket in the Tokyo city of Akishma.
When questioned by police, she reportedly told officers she had started the fire after seeing blazes break out at the Don Quijote discount retail chain in Saitama Prefecture.
"I saw the Don Quijote fires on TV, and I wondered what kind of disturbance it would cause if I lit a fire," she was quoted as saying.
Investigators said the girl used a barbecue lighter to set fire to blankets on the third floor of the supermarket at about 4:10 p.m. on Dec. 17, then set alight children's sweaters about half an hour later.
Workers at the store put out both fires, but a total of 94 items, including seven blankets and a number of sweaters were burned.
About 50 customers who were on the third floor at the time were evacuated from the building, but no one was injured.
Police said the girl also admitting starting a fire in the stationery department of the same store. Police reported her to the Tachikawa child consultation center in Tokyo. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Jan. 13, 2005)