Belarusian threatened to burn down his friend's house out of jealousy
A resident of the Shchuchinsky district threatened to burn down his friend’s house out of jealousy.
The man did not carry out his threat, but still became a defendant in a criminal case.
The press service of the Internal Affairs Department of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee reported this on Telegram.
What happened
At the end of October, a 37-year-old resident of the village of Voronishki contacted the police.
The complainant reported that the day before, his drunk 52-year-old friend threatened to set his house on fire.
Having doused part of the house with flammable liquid, the man expressed his intention to set it on fire, but after a short conversation he left.
In a conversation with law enforcement officers, the suspect explained his actions as jealousy.
The man broke up with the lady some time ago, who now lives with the owner of the house, the police department reported.
The Shchuchin District Department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the man under Article 186 of the Criminal Code (threat of murder, causing serious bodily harm or destruction of property). The villager faces up to 3 years in prison.
It is noted that the man had already been brought to criminal responsibility.
