New Zealand police arrest, charge man over hostel fire

By Associated Press

May 18, 2023 8:50 pm

WELLINGTON: New Zealand police said on Thursday they had arrested a man and charged him with two counts of arson in connection with the fire at a hostel in the capital Wellington that killed at least six people.

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