Police in Italy have launched a criminal investigation after a migrant who had arrived in the country just days ago started a fire at an airport in Rome.
Two people were injured at Rome’s Ciampino airport this morning when the man – said to be a homeless migrant from Georgia – lit a fire at the base of a control tower.
Ciampino was forced to suspend all its flights while emergency services arrived to tackle the blaze and arrest the man, though the hub has since reopened.
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