NHK fires reporter held over arson

NHK said Friday it fired a reporter arrested in November on suspicion of setting a fire at a construction site in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture.

Hirofumi Kasamatsu, 24, who was a reporter at NHK's Otsu station in Shiga Prefecture, was arrested Nov. 5 for allegedly setting fire to a cardboard box at the construction site in June. He was served a fresh arrest warrant Nov. 25 on suspicion of burning down a house in Otsu.

Police said they are investigating possible links between Kasamatsu and 11 other suspected arson fires in Otsu.

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What was he thinking?