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Pyromaniac

The following articles have been tagged with "Pyromaniac":

Eight years for ‘dusk and dawn’ pyromaniac

National: 8 Apr 11
The so-called ‘dusk and dawn’ pyromaniac, thought to be responsible for a string of deliberately-set fires in southern Sweden in recent years, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday after being of convicted of aggravated arson. READ »

'Dusk and dawn pyromaniac' faces court

National: 14 Mar 11
The 47-year-old man known as the "dusk and dawn pyromaniac" faces trial in Ystad in southern Sweden on Monday, charged with having set fire to an apartment block in the town in December. READ »

'Dawn pyromaniac' re-arrested in Skåne

National: 21 Sep 09
A 45-year-old convicted pyromaniac was taken in for questioning by police in Ystad in southern Sweden early Monday morning on suspicions of attempting to set fires in the area. READ »

Gävle goat's little brother torched

National: 19 Dec 08
It has become something of a Swedish Christmas tradition for the famous Gävle goat to be burned by vandals. Now its smaller counterpart has suffered a similar fate. READ »

Fresh set of fires plagues Ystad

National: 10 Nov 08
After a month of relative calm, the town of Ystad in southern Sweden was hit by another series of fires early Monday morning believed to be purposefully set. READ »

Convicted pyromaniac suspected of setting new blazes

National: 3 Jul 08
A known pyromaniac has been apprehended on suspicions of setting a series of fires in Simrishamn on Sweden's southern coast on Wednesday morning. READ »

Serial pyromaniac strikes sleepy town

National: 14 Apr 08
A series of fires broke out in the town of Tidaholm in western Sweden early on Sunday morning in what is suspected as arson. READ »

Fireman started blazes to 'fuel career'

National: 18 Dec 06
Swedish fire fighters were puzzled by the large concentration of fires around one of their stations. Could there be an arsonist in their midst? READ »

78-year-old woman arrested for Halmstad fires

Society: 10 Nov 06
A string of fires in shops and an old people's home in Halmstad on Friday morning were started on purpose, police say. A 78-year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of starting the blazes. READ »

Arrests over pre-school arson attacks

National: 22 Sep 06
Three people have been arrested in Skövde over a spate of arson attacks on pre-schools in the town. At least one of those arrested was a teenage boy, according to reports. READ »

Pyromaniac arrested in Gävle

Society: 17 Aug 06
A man suspected of starting a string of fires in Gävle has been arrested after he was found trying to set light to a car. READ »

Forest fires 'started deliberately'

National: 15 Jun 06
Police were searching for a pyromaniac in the central Swedish town of Sveg on Thursday, after a number of forest fires broke out. READ »

Anti-piracy office accused of piracy

National: 23 Mar 05
An anti-piracy office infiltrator who exposed thousands of illegally downloaded films and games at internet company Bahnhof appears to be one of the main culprits. "We have evidence," says Jon Karlung, MD of Bahnhof. READ »


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