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Internet addict, 22, sets grandpa's house ablaze

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-12-23 10:18
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A 22-year-old man surrendered to the police after setting his grandfather's house on fire in Wuhai, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, last week.

The accused said he set his grandfather's house ablaze when the latter refused to give him money to play cyber games at an Internet caf.

The old man escaped the fire.

He said his parents divorced when he was 13, and had been staying with his grandfather since then.

Police said the accused will be charged with arson.

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