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Arsonist targets Deputy Prime Minister’s vehicle

By on October 12, 2016
DPM vehicle's destroyed

DPM vehicle’s destroyed

Lord’s Bank village, Belize District. Wednesday, October 12, 2016. The vehicle belonging to Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber was destroyed by fire late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning.

Reports to West Vision are that around midnight, the vehicle, which was parked inside his yard in Lord’s Bank village, was set on fire and police are now looking for the suspected arsonist who was captured on surveillance video committing the crime.

Those surveillance videos were widely circulated on social media this morning and show a man dressed in a red hoodie scaling the fence and then proceeding to douse the vehicle with a liquid.

Shortly after the flames were seen consuming the SUV. Reports are that the Deputy Prime Minister and his two sons were inside the house at the time of the incident.

They were unhurt in the act of arson and shortly after the fire erupted police and fire officials were on the scene.

An official investigation is now underway.

Of note is that this is the second vehicle assigned to Minister Faber that has been destroyed in as many months.

Readers will recall a previous incident in which someone drove an SUV assigned to the Deputy Prime Minister into the Caribbean Sea in Belize City.

Arsonist at DPM's house

Arsonist at DPM’s house

Police have not made any arrests in that incident.

Late this evening, the government of Belize issued a statement “strongly condemns the actions of those persons who put the lives of the Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Patrick Faber and his two young children in danger by illegally entering his yard and setting his vehicle on fire.”

The official statement says that while no one was injured in “this cowardly and despicable act,” it is important that “the mastermind and other persons involved in inciting violence to stop and allow the peaceful democratic process to proceed.”

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