Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of setting fires at two clothing stores inside the city’s airport.
Police said on Tuesday night that they had received a report at 6.52pm from a security guard who discovered several pieces of burnt clothing in a store at the airport’s first terminal.
Staff at the store managed to extinguish the flames before firefighters arrived at the scene.
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“After a preliminary investigation, the firefighters believe the cause of the fire was suspicious,” police said.
The force said that upon further investigation, officers believed the suspect had committed arson at a second clothing store in the airport.
It was not immediately clear whether the suspect was a visitor to Hong Kong, with police only describing him as a Nepalese man holding a foreign passport.
The man was also found carrying a lighter, and was subsequently arrested on suspicion of arson. He remains in custody.
Police said no one was injured in the incident, and there had been no need to evacuate the airport.
Officers under the police’s Airport District investigation team are following up on the case.
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