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Conflict Incident Report

Bangladeshi national was arrested for starting house fire intentionally

Date of incident: 
May 18, 2018
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

 Authorities have arrested a Bangladeshi national suspected of intentionally starting a Metn house fire earlier this week that killed two Bangladeshi women, one of whom was his wife, the Internal Security Forces announced Thursday.

The ISF Information Branch arrested 33-year-old B.Gh. Monday, just hours after he allegedly used benzene to light a fire in the room where his wife and her friend were living in the Metn town of Dora.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.