Pupil held after school arson

By a Staff Reporter

A 16-YEAR-old boy arrested on Monday in connection with a suspected arson attack on a Limassol school has been remanded in custody after appearing before magistrates, police confirmed yesterday.

According to police reports, the fire, which gutted a storage room at Limassol’s Lanitio Lyceum ‘A’ last Friday, was started by the suspect using petrol.

The suspect, a pupil at the school, was allegedly seen by a witness leaving the scene of the fire on a moped shortly after the storage room caught fire.

Police said the 16-year-old, who has not been named, confessed to the deed but did not give reasons for his actions.

He also denied having an accomplice, though police were yesterday searching for two other persons in connection with the incident.

No injuries were reported as most pupils were safe inside their classrooms when the fire broke out last Friday morning.

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