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NYC Police Charge Man With Murder Of Woman Set On Fire

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Sebastian Zapeta, suspected of burning a woman to death on a train, is taken from the New York Police Department 60th Precinct in Brooklyn, NY, USA on Monday December 23, 2024. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was charged Monday with first- and second-degree murder and arson in the wake of the shocking crime on an F train in Coney Island, Brooklyn over the weekend, police said. Zapeta, who sources said could be arraigned Monday evening, was taken into custody the day of the fire on the subway after police said three teenagers recognized him from photos released by the NYPD. Police said body camera footage and cameras inside the subway cars spotted him sitting on the platform watching the woman burn to death. Photo by Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Albania: Fires Spread In Coastal Town Of Shëngjin, Forcing Evacuation

Fires, raging in the coastal town of Shengjin, northern Albania for several days, prompted nearby residents to evacuate on Tuesday, July 30. The flames in Mal Shengjin started on Saturday afternoon and reignited on Monday morning.

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Naples Gets New Venus Of The Rags Artwork - Italy

This picture shows a view of the installation titled "The Venus of rags", by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples, Italy on March 6, 2024. One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's most famous works, "Venus of the Rags", has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said on July 12, 2023. Photo by Roberto Jandoli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(1)Another fire breaks out at Don Quijote outlet

TOKYO, Japan - Another fire broke out early Dec. 26 at a Tokyo outlet of major discount store chain Don Quijote Co., which has been hit by a series of suspected arson attacks, but all employees and customers were safe, police said.

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Killings in Kenya

LAMU, Kenya - Photo taken June 16, 2014, shows a hotel and a car following an arson attack in Mpeketoni, Kenya. Islamic militants from Somalia are suspected of killing 49 people in Mpeketoni the previous night.

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(2)3 dead, 8 injured in Don Quijote store fire, arson suspected

SAITAMA, Japan - Firefighters inspect an outlet of discount store operator Don Quijote Co. in Saitama's Midori Ward on Dec. 14 after a suspected arson blaze gutted it Dec. 13.

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(1)3 dead, 8 injured in Don Quijote store fire, arson suspected

SAITAMA, Japan - Firefighters battle a blaze at an outlet of discount store operator Don Quijote Co. in Saitama's Midori Ward on Dec. 13. Three people died and eight others were injured in the suspected arson fire.

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Fire in garage at Asahi Shimbun bureau, arson suspected

KOBE, Japan - A small fire took place in the early morning on May 11 in the garage of the Asahi Shimbun's Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in a suspected case of arson.

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(9)S. Korea subway fire kills passengers

TAEGU, South Korea - South Korean firefighters check the two subway cars gutted in a suspected arson attack in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 18. Yonhap News Agency reported that as many as 100 bodies were found inside the train.

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(8)S. Korea subway fire kills passengers

TAEGU, South Korea - Two South Korean firefighters check the wreckage of a subway car gutted in a suspected arson attack in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 18. Yonhap News Agency reported that as many as 100 bodies were found inside the train.

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(6)S. Korea subway fire kills passengers

TAEGU, South Korea - Firefighters check the wreckage of a subway car gutted in a suspected arson attack in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 18.

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(7)S. Korea subway fire kills passengers

TAEGU, South Korea - Victims' bodies remain covered with white sheets in the wreckage of a subway car gutted in a suspected arson attack in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 18. Yonhap News Agency reported that as many as 100 bodies were found inside the train.

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Arson-murder suspected in death of 2 in Tokyo fire

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers check the entrance of Toranomon Building in Tokyo's Akasaka district Aug. 19, in which the charred bodies of two men were found. The two are believed to be Yasufumi Yamamoto, 41, managing director of Ace International Inc., a financial futures dealer, and Teruo Kondo, 49, its administration manager. Police are investigating the case as one of arson-murder.

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New 'Jizo Bosatsu' statue almost completed

KYOTO, Japan - A new 'Jizo Bosatsu,' (an image of a Buddhist saint), is almost complete. The original centuries-old wooden statue was destroyed in a suspected arson attack at the main hall of the Jakko-in Temple in Kyoto on May 9. The 2.6-meter wooden statue, housed in the main hall, had been designated by the state as an important cultural treasure. The new statue is 42 centimeters tall.

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6 killed in suspected arson at Utsunomiya jewelry shop

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze, which police suspect was arson, at a jewelry shop in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on June 11. The bodies of six women, believed to be the manager of the Utsunomiya branch of Tsutsumi Jewelry Co., and five employees, were recovered. Witnesses said a man holding what appeared to be a sack fled the scene shortly after the fire started.

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Body recovered from suspected arson blaze at Utsunomiya shop

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Investigators recover a body June 11 from a jewelry shop in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, after a blaze there killed six female employees. Arson is suspected. The fire gutted the first floor of the Utsunomiya branch of Tsutsumi Jewelry Co.

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-PARLIAMENT FIRE-SUSPECT-CHARGE

(220111) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zandile Christmas Mafe appears at Cape Town Magistrates' Court in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 11, 2022. South African prosecution has added a charge of "terrorism act" to Mafe who is suspected of setting fire to Parliament, which eventually gutted parliament buildings, the court heard on Tuesday. Mafe, 49, had been charged with housebreaking with intent to steal and theft, two counts of arson, possession of an explosive device and destruction of an essential infrastructure. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-PARLIAMENT FIRE-SUSPECT-CHARGE

(220111) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zandile Christmas Mafe (C) appears at Cape Town Magistrates' Court in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 11, 2022. South African prosecution has added a charge of "terrorism act" to Mafe who is suspected of setting fire to Parliament, which eventually gutted parliament buildings, the court heard on Tuesday. Mafe, 49, had been charged with housebreaking with intent to steal and theft, two counts of arson, possession of an explosive device and destruction of an essential infrastructure. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-PARLIAMENT FIRE-SUSPECT-CHARGE

(220111) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zandile Christmas Mafe (Front) appears at Cape Town Magistrates' Court in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 11, 2022. South African prosecution has added a charge of "terrorism act" to Mafe who is suspected of setting fire to Parliament, which eventually gutted parliament buildings, the court heard on Tuesday. Mafe, 49, had been charged with housebreaking with intent to steal and theft, two counts of arson, possession of an explosive device and destruction of an essential infrastructure. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-PARLIAMENT FIRE-SUSPECT-CHARGE

(220111) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zandile Christmas Mafe (Front) leaves a courtroom of Cape Town Magistrates' Court in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 11, 2022. South African prosecution has added a charge of "terrorism act" to Mafe who is suspected of setting fire to Parliament, which eventually gutted parliament buildings, the court heard on Tuesday. Mafe, 49, had been charged with housebreaking with intent to steal and theft, two counts of arson, possession of an explosive device and destruction of an essential infrastructure. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-PARLIAMENT FIRE-SUSPECT-CHARGE

(220111) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zandile Christmas Mafe (1st R) leaves a courtroom of Cape Town Magistrates' Court in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 11, 2022. South African prosecution has added a charge of "terrorism act" to Mafe who is suspected of setting fire to Parliament, which eventually gutted parliament buildings, the court heard on Tuesday. Mafe, 49, had been charged with housebreaking with intent to steal and theft, two counts of arson, possession of an explosive device and destruction of an essential infrastructure. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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(2)3 dead, 8 injured in Don Quijote store fire, arson suspected

SAITAMA, Japan - Firefighters inspect an outlet of discount store operator Don Quijote Co. in Saitama's Midori Ward on Dec. 14 after a suspected arson blaze gutted it Dec. 13. (Kyodo)

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(1)3 dead, 8 injured in Don Quijote store fire, arson suspected

SAITAMA, Japan - Firefighters battle a blaze at an outlet of discount store operator Don Quijote Co. in Saitama's Midori Ward on Dec. 13. Three people died and eight others were injured in the suspected arson fire. (Kyodo)

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Fire in garage at Asahi Shimbun bureau, arson suspected

KOBE, Japan - A small fire took place in the early morning on May 11 in the garage of the Asahi Shimbun's Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in a suspected case of arson.

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6 killed in suspected arson at Utsunomiya jewelry shop

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze, which police suspect was arson, at a jewelry shop in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on June 11. The bodies of six women, believed to be the manager of the Utsunomiya branch of Tsutsumi Jewelry Co., and five employees, were recovered. Witnesses said a man holding what appeared to be a sack fled the scene shortly after the fire started.

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(1)Another fire breaks out at Don Quijote outlet

TOKYO, Japan - Another fire broke out early Dec. 26 at a Tokyo outlet of major discount store chain Don Quijote Co., which has been hit by a series of suspected arson attacks, but all employees and customers were safe, police said. (Kyodo)

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Man nabbed after suspected arson attacks along railroad tracks

Photo taken Sept. 16, 2015, shows Izaya Noda, a 42-year-old self-described musician, transferred to a Tokyo police station following his arrest over alleged involvement in a small fire at a Tokyo railway facility. A series of suspected arson attacks occurred along railroad tracks in Tokyo between August and September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man nabbed after suspected arson attacks along railroad tracks

Photo taken Sept. 16, 2015, shows Izaya Noda, a 42-year-old self-described musician, transferred to a Tokyo police station following his arrest over alleged involvement in a small fire at a Tokyo railway facility. A series of suspected arson attacks occurred along railroad tracks in Tokyo between August and September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Investigators search house of man committing suicide in shinkansen

Investigators search on July 1, 2015, the Tokyo house of Haruo Hayashizaki, who died after setting himself on fire on a shinkansen bullet train the previous day. A female passenger also died in the fire, while a total of 26 other passengers were injured. The incident is being treated as a suspected murder and arson. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Investigators search house of man committing suicide in shinkansen

Investigators search on July 1, 2015, the Tokyo house of Haruo Hayashizaki, who died after setting himself on fire on a shinkansen bullet train the previous day. A female passenger also died in the fire, while a total of 26 other passengers were injured. The incident is being treated as a suspected murder and arson. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arson suspected at home of late President Park Chung Hee

South Korean officials stand by the partly burned birthplace of the late President Park Chung Hee, the father of President Park Geun Hye, in Gumi, southern South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2016. According to local reports, firefighters suspect arson was the cause. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(9)S. Korea subway fire kills passengers

TAEGU, South Korea - South Korean firefighters check the two subway cars gutted in a suspected arson attack in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 18. Yonhap News Agency reported that as many as 100 bodies were found inside the train. (Kyodo)

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(8)S. Korea subway fire kills passengers

TAEGU, South Korea - Two South Korean firefighters check the wreckage of a subway car gutted in a suspected arson attack in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 18. Yonhap News Agency reported that as many as 100 bodies were found inside the train. (Kyodo)

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(6)S. Korea subway fire kills passengers

TAEGU, South Korea - Firefighters check the wreckage of a subway car gutted in a suspected arson attack in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 18. (Kyodo)

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(7)S. Korea subway fire kills passengers

TAEGU, South Korea - Victims' bodies remain covered with white sheets in the wreckage of a subway car gutted in a suspected arson attack in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 18. Yonhap News Agency reported that as many as 100 bodies were found inside the train. (Kyodo)

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Arson-murder suspected in death of 2 in Tokyo fire

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers check the entrance of Toranomon Building in Tokyo's Akasaka district Aug. 19, in which the charred bodies of two men were found. The two are believed to be Yasufumi Yamamoto, 41, managing director of Ace International Inc., a financial futures dealer, and Teruo Kondo, 49, its administration manager. Police are investigating the case as one of arson-murder. (Kyodo)

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New 'Jizo Bosatsu' statue almost completed

KYOTO, Japan - A new 'Jizo Bosatsu,' (an image of a Buddhist saint), is almost complete. The original centuries-old wooden statue was destroyed in a suspected arson attack at the main hall of the Jakko-in Temple in Kyoto on May 9. The 2.6-meter wooden statue, housed in the main hall, had been designated by the state as an important cultural treasure. The new statue is 42 centimeters tall.

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Body recovered from suspected arson blaze at Utsunomiya shop

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Investigators recover a body June 11 from a jewelry shop in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, after a blaze there killed six female employees. Arson is suspected. The fire gutted the first floor of the Utsunomiya branch of Tsutsumi Jewelry Co.

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4 killed, 2 injured in suspected arson at telephone club

KOBE, March 2 Kyodo - A telephone dating club house in downtown Kobe stands partially gutted March 2 after a suspected arson attack that left four men killed and three others injured. Police said they found a Molotov cocktail had been thrown into the club.