Overview

• Multiple small hedge fires were reported in Goch on Friday evening around 18:55 at Hasenpfad, Nierswanderweg and Voßheider Straße.
• Officers located a 14-year-old matching a witness description during searches, and investigators say suspicion against him was strengthened.
• RP Online reports the teenager admitted to setting the fires, and police have opened juvenile criminal proceedings.
• The boy was returned to his guardians, and Feuerwehr Goch said he is a member of its youth section and expressed shock at the allegation.
• Fires were extinguished quickly with limited damage and no injuries, and police are examining possible links to other recent incidents.