The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office Kumanovo issued an Order for the implementation of an investigative procedure against a 35-year-old man due to the continued execution of - Serious crimes against general safety provided for under Article 292 paragraph 1 in connection with Article 288 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

"There is a well-founded suspicion that on December 2, in the early hours of the morning, the suspect deliberately committed several related actions that represent multiple executions of the same crime and by fire caused a significant danger to the life and body of people and to property, causing greater property damage . "Having previously purchased gasoline in plastic bottles from a gas station in Kumanovo, he deliberately caused fires in several locations in Kumanovo, where he set fire to three passenger motor vehicles and one object - a photocopier located in a residential building," the Prosecutor's Office said.

"The motives for committing the crime are being investigated, but it is ruled out that inter-ethnic intolerance was the reason. The evidence so far does not indicate the involvement of other persons. "The public prosecutor submitted to the judge of the preliminary procedure of the Basic Court in Kumanovo tonight a proposal for determining a measure of detention for the suspect, due to the risk of escape and the possibility of repeating the crime", added the OJO.