Immigrant Acquitted in Fire That Killed 10
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A court in the port city of Luebeck acquitted a Lebanese immigrant in a fire that killed 10 immigrants at a shelter for asylum-seeking refugees. The January 1996 blaze injured 39 other people. Prosecutors alleged that Safwan Eid set the fire after a dispute with a fellow shelter resident. But the chief judge said testimony from more than 100 witnesses left key issues unresolved--including Eid’s possible motive, what was used to start the fire and when it began.
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