A Dublin businessman awoke last Wednesday morning to find that his brand new e200,000 Ferrari had been destroyed by a man claiming to have been instructed by Allah.
According to the gardai , Safet Bukoshi from Kosovo, who is in his mid-30s, began his rampage early last Wednesday morning when he set the Ferrari and a Honda Civic on fire. Two fire brigades arrived at the scene in Clonskeagh, south Dublin, after two loud explosions were heard by local residents. Both cars were destroyed in the blasts.
As garda forensic experts examined the scene later that morning, Bukoshi, who lives in Clonskeagh, returned with petrol cans and began to douse petrol on more vehicles, including his own wife’s car. He was apprehended after the forensics team called local gardai. Bukoshi claimed Allah had told him to set the cars on fire. He was detained by gardai, who have recommended that he be charged with criminal damage at the Circuit Court.
District Superintendent Liam McCahey described it as ``a most unusual incident’’. He said Bukoshi had been remanded in custody in Clover Hill prison in Clondalkin, where he had been given a psychiatric assessment. According to gardai,Bukoshi, who claimed he was an Albanian, has lived in Ireland for about five years. He and his Kosovar wife have four children.
``He has not come to our attention before,’’said McCahey. ``He will first be charged with setting fire to the Ferrari and will then be charged separately for the Honda Civic.We will probably seek to prosecute him in the Circuit Court.’’ |