The police investigation in connection with last Friday's arson of the former Finnish Railways warehouses is progressing. The authorities have now heard statements from several individuals who were in the neighbourhood just before the fire took place.
The police are now particularly interested in finding two youngsters who were seen in the vicinity of the warehouses just before the lighting of the blaze. According to the police the youths also stayed and watched the putting out of the fire.
Chief Inspector Kari Tolvanen of the Helsinki Criminal Police does not directly imply that the boys are suspected of the arson, but on flimsy grounds the authorities would not issue a warrant for anyone's apprehension.
"Finding the youths would be of the very greatest interest", Tolvanen formulates.
According to the police estimates, both of the boys are around 15 years of age. They are both slim, have dark hair, and one is estimated at 165 cm in height, while the other one is slightly shorter, around 160 cm.
The investigators have issued phone numbers where those who know the boys' identities or something about their movements on Friday evening can contact them.
