An Australian man has been arrested on Thursday (Dec 12) for setting fire to the curtain blinds at Changi Airport. The police said that they were alerted to the incident involving a violent male passenger at about 2.15am on Thursday.
PHOTO: UnsplashAn Australian man has been arrested on Thursday for setting fire to the curtain blinds at Changi Airport.
Prior to the police arrival, the 33-year-old man had allegedly removed the curtain blinds from Changi Airport Terminal 2 holding room and set it on fire after his demand for a cigarette was not met.The fire was subsequently extinguished by officers from the Airport Police Division, the police said in a news release on Thursday.
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