NEARCHUS: "We intended to kill our parents,"..[ 1413 ]

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

"We intended to kill our parents,"..[ 1413 ]

Schoolgirls arrested for setting home on fire in attempt to kill parents

The home where the fire broke out is pictured in this photograph
taken from a Mainichi helicopter on July 9. (Mainichi)

The home where the fire broke by Helicopter

TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo -(Mainichi Japan) July 9, 2010-

Police are poised to arrest a 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old classmate who have admitted having set fire to the girl's home here, saying they intended to kill their parents, law enforcers said.

The fire started in the predawn hours of July 9 and razed over one-third of the 80-square meter structure. At about 2:50 a.m. a local resident made an emergency call reporting a man in the burning home calling for help.

Three people on the second floor of the home -- a 39-year-old Brazilian man, his 31-year-old wife and their 9-year-old daughter -- suffered burns over their entire bodies. They were taken to hospital in serious condition.

Police investigators quoted the couple's 15-year-old daughter, a third-year junior high school student, and the daughter's 14-year-old friend, as saying that they started the fire after agreeing to set each other's homes ablaze.

"We intended to kill our parents," police quoted one of the girls as saying.

The two girls face arrest for attempted murder and arson of an inhabited structure.

Police said that after setting fire to the home, they went to the classmate's home and were spreading a flammable liquid about when the classmate's mother noticed them and alerted police.

Investigators said the 15-year-old girl was born in Brazil and arrived in Japan with her mother when she was young. She was reportedly not fluent in Japanese, and sometimes skipped classes. She had reportedly told others she was unhappy about her parents.

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