At around 9.10 am on Friday, January 3, the police were informed that a man had poured out a can of petrol in a car dealership on Hilfarther Straße and set fire to it. The perpetrator then fled.
Employees of the car dealership extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher. The fire department was also deployed. According to initial information, no people were injured. The crime was videotaped and the investigation was started immediately. This enabled the suspect to be identified and arrested by special police forces at his home address at around 6.30 pm. The suspect is a 55-year-old man from Heinsberg. Further investigations, including into the background to the crime, are continuing.