Arson
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(crime) | |
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| Interest of | • Fire • Marinus van der Lubbe |
| setting fire to property. | |
Arson is the act of wilfully setting fire to property. The term arson refers to the intentional burning of buildings, vehicles and forests.
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| 1977 Hanafi Siege | |
| 2012 Benghazi attack | A coordinated attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Killed Christopher Stevens |
| Canadian church attacks | A coordinated string of vandalism and arson attacks on churches across Canada. The Canadian version of the George Floyd protests? (Ongoing) |
| Eventide Home fire | A suspicious fire. |
| Port Arthur Massacre | A mass shooting incident in and around Port Arthur Tasmania on 28 April 1996. |
An official example
| Name | Description |
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| Reichstag Fire | Generally reckoned at the time to be a false flag attack, Hitler quickly seized upon the fire at the Reichstag to pass an "enabling act", ushering in full on totalitarian rule. In retrospect it may indeed have been the work of an isolated individual. |
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