Police on trail of hotel arsonist

Police are on the trail of a youth suspected of setting fire to the Putnik Hotel in Novi Sad on December 11, says Radio 021. The suspect is a student at Novi Sad University, and police believe that he is a drug addict. Police on trail of hotel arsonist He left Novi Sad after the fire, and is believed to have gone to Montenegro. He was involved in a verbal disagreement with one of the hotel’s security guards the day before the fire, when he was thrown out of the hotel, and it is believed that he returned the next day to seek his revenge. He has been caught on the hotel bookmakers’ CCTV footage, and a few minutes before the fire broke out, the suspect entered the hotel carrying a bottle, believed to be a Molotov Cocktail. Earlier, it was established that the suspect had a “smiley face” tattoo between the index finger and thumb of his right hand. Three people died and eight were injured in the blaze that took place in the center of Novi Sad. The Putnik Hotel (Srdjan Abdijevic, archive)

Police on trail of hotel arsonist

He left Novi Sad after the fire, and is believed to have gone to Montenegro.

He was involved in a verbal disagreement with one of the hotel’s security guards the day before the fire, when he was thrown out of the hotel, and it is believed that he returned the next day to seek his revenge.

He has been caught on the hotel bookmakers’ CCTV footage, and a few minutes before the fire broke out, the suspect entered the hotel carrying a bottle, believed to be a Molotov Cocktail.

Earlier, it was established that the suspect had a “smiley face” tattoo between the index finger and thumb of his right hand.

Three people died and eight were injured in the blaze that took place in the center of Novi Sad.