Overview

• The 17- and 18-year-old defendants are accused of intentional arson, property damage, causing an explosion, burglary and theft.
• Investigators say the fires occurred from April 2024 to January 2025 and included seven torched vehicles in Kamenz and Oßling.
• Five cars burned in May 2024, with four incidents in Kamenz and one in Oßling, according to the case details.
• Two additional vehicles, a Mercedes and a Hyundai, burned on June 12, 2024 in Kamenz’s Herrental near a local memorial site.
• Prosecutors also attribute fires to hedges, a straw bale and a trash bin, often near homes, with total losses put at roughly €170,000.