Overview
- Investigators from Görlitz criminal police, working with arson specialists, say the fire was likely set intentionally.
- The 64-year-old resident is under investigation on suspicion of attempting to kill his 86-year-old mother through serious arson.
- Both occupants suffered severe smoke inhalation, were airlifted to specialist clinics, and remain unfit to be questioned.
- A forensic physician examined both at the prosecutor’s request, with burn injuries noted only on the son.
- The house on Untere Dorfstraße is uninhabitable, the financial damage has not been determined, and the motive remains unclear.