Three boys aged 13 and 14 were arrested on Wednesday morning for throwing Molotov cocktails against a wall of two flats on Kapelmeesterlaan in their hometown of Tilburg.
The trio did this for the first time a week ago. It caused a conflagration under the gallery and traces of soot on the walls, police said. A day later, the young suspects again threw bottles with burning contents, this time at another flat on Kapelmeesterlaan.
The assailants ran away to the skating rink. Empty bottles of benzene were found there. It also turned out that a similar fire had recently been started at a hangout spot on Bartokstraat and a garage door on Sibeliusstraat.
Through investigation and looking at camera images, the police came to the three. They were arrested Wednesday morning with the permission of the public prosecutor. Videos of arson were found on one of their phones. The boys are interrogated in the presence of one of the parents and a lawyer.