MILAN — Carabinieri police arrested a North African on Tuesday in connection with an arson fire at a police station in northern Italy that killed two and injured a dozen more, authorities said. The news agency ANSA reported that the fire overnight killed two people living in apartments above the ground-floor police station in Mirandola, north of Bologna, and injured more than a dozen others, two seriously. The victims, a 74-year-old woman and her live-in caretaker, were killed in an explosion. Carabinieri investigating the arson said they were still identifying the suspect and his country of origin. ANSA said the suspect broke into the police station and set the fire.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 21, 2019 07:52 UTC