Moscow police detain arson suspects
Published: 30 May, 2008, 08:31
Police have detained two teenagers from Russia's western city of Kaliningrad. They're suspected of setting cars on fire in North Butovo, a region in the south-west of Moscow. Eleven cars were damaged, including five which were almost reduced to ashes.
Thursday was a night of mad burnings in the area as a group of youngsters went on an orgy of car and house burning in the south-west of the capital.
During the night vandals carried out arsons in two neighbouring apartment blocks.
A number of expensive cars suffered the worst damage. No injuries were reported.
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