He set fire to a supermarket in Cërrik, the 45-year-old suspect is arrested; employees’ lives were also put at risk

A 45-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of setting fire to a supermarket in neighbourhood no. 3 of Cërrik on the morning of Thursday (8 October).

“At around 07:30 on 08.10.2026, immediately after receiving notification that a supermarket in neighbourhood no. 3 had been deliberately set on fire, the services of the Cërrik Police Commissariat went to the scene and, as a result of operational and procedural actions, within a few hours made it possible to identify, locate and capture the suspected perpetrator of the case, citizen A. M., 45 years old, resident in Cërrik,” the police said.

As a result of the flames, the employees who were in the business were put at risk, and products were burned.

The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecution at the Elbasan Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction for further action, for the criminal offence of “Destruction of property by fire”.