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Daily Mail
15 hours ago
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Popular Marrickville restaurant is firebombed TWICE
An arsonist who set a popular restaurant alight two nights in a row is on the run from police. NSW Police on Thursday released footage of the man using fireworks to set fire to a restaurant on Tuohy Lane, off Illawarra Road near Marrickville Station in Sydney 's inner-west, last month. One video shows a masked man lighting a fire in the courtyard of the restaurant on the night of May 29. Another man waited nearby in a Kia sedan and the pair drove from the scene. Arson Unit detectives found the man attacked the same restaurant, this time with fireworks, the following night. 'Just before 1am on Friday 30 May 2025, emergency services were called to Tuohy Lane in Marrickville following reports of a fire in the courtyard of a restaurant,' NSW Police said. 'Initial inquiries revealed accelerant and an explosive device – most likely a firework – was used to light the fire at the restaurant.' The man is described as being of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance, about 185cm tall, and of medium build. He has black, curly, shoulder length hair, and wears glasses.
CBS News
03-04-2025
- CBS News
Police search for man accused of setting Detroit clothing boutique on fire
The Detroit police and fire departments are searching for a man accused of torching a clothing boutique last month on the city's east side. Authorities say that sometime after 12:30 a.m. on March 17; the man was seen on camera next door with a gas container. The suspect is described as a Black man wearing a gray shirt, black pants, a black hoodie, a blue mask and glasses. Police say the business received significant damage. Anyone who recognizes the man is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department's Arson Unit at 313-596-2940, submit an anonymous tip to the Arson Unit tip line at 313-628-2900, or call Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up.
