A woman in South Korea is facing criminal charges after she allegedly set fire to her apartment building while trying to kill a cockroach with an improvised flamethrower, leading to the death of her neighbour.

According to People, which reported the incident, police in Osan, about 30 miles south of Seoul, said they have issued an arrest warrant for the woman, who is in her 20s, describing her as “a flight risk.”

The fire reportedly broke out around 5:30 a.m. on Monday, October 20, after the woman allegedly used “a lighter and a flammable spray” to burn a cockroach inside her apartment.

Citing South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, they intend to charge the woman with accidentally starting a fire and causing death by negligence.

The BBC, which had earlier reported the case on Tuesday, Oct. 21, quoted local police as saying the woman admitted she “tried to torch the cockroach with a lighter and a flammable spray,” adding that “she had used the method before.”

Investigators said the fire quickly spread through the building, forcing several residents to attempt escape through windows

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According to Yonhap, the victim was a Chinese national in her 30s who had recently given birth to her first child two months ago.

When smoke filled her fifth-floor apartment, she and her husband reportedly opened a window and called for help, passing their baby to a neighbour in the adjacent building.

“The woman’s husband managed to leap across to the neighbouring building, but when the new mother tried to do the same, she fell five stories and sustained serious injuries,” People reported. She was taken to the hospital but later di£d.

The BBC also confirmed that “one of the woman’s neighbours di£d after falling to the ground in a failed attempt to escape through a window,” while eight other residents suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation.

Police in Osan said investigations are ongoing and that the case will be transferred to local prosecutors once completed.

The Delta State Police Command has arrested and detained one of its operatives for allegedly shooting at a moving vehicle in Asaba, the state capital.

Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Bright Edafe, confirmed this in a statement, saying the operative was arrested following a viral video on the incident.

He said the state Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, had directed that internal disciplinary action be initiated immediately.

Edafe said: “The command is aware of the viral video of a policeman who shot at a moving vehicle in Asaba. After a careful examination of the video clip, it is clear that the policemen acted in an unprofessional manner, unbecoming of a police officer.

‘The command condemns his act in totality as no policeman has the right to use his firearm without recourse to Force Order 237.

“It is the duty of every Nigerian Police officer to protect lives and property and not to put the life of anybody in danger. The erring Police officer has been identified, summoned and detained at the Command headquarters.

“The Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda, has directed that internal disciplinary action be initiated immediately, and at the end, the officer has been taken into custody, queried, and an investigation has commenced.

“The command wishes to reiterate that, although the policeman was responding to a case of a hit-and-run accident, no policeman is allowed to use his firearm without justification, as stipulated in Force Order 237.

“The CP assures members of the public that the officer concerned will be dealt with in accordance with the extant laws as stipulated in the Police Act and regulations to serve as a deterrent to others.”

Gunmen have abducted a United States pilot in Niamey, the capital of Niger.

Information from security circles released on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, said the 48-year-old pilot was working for a Christian non-governmental organisation (NGO) on a humanitarian mission.

The statement said gunmen abducted the victim in the middle of the night from his accommodation in a heavily secured neighbourhood in Niamey.

The Nigerien security authorities are said to be conducting a nationwide search.

No group has yet claimed responsibility, dpa reported.

Although armed terrorist groups loyal to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State are active in Niger, kidnappings from Niamey are rare.

The most recent known case occurred in 2011.

Earlier this year, a 74-year-old Austrian woman and a 66-year-old Swiss woman were abducted from the desert town of Agadez, located about 950 kilometres north of Niamey.

Both had been living there for years. Local media and security sources reported that they may have been taken to neighbouring Mali and sold to Islamic State.

There has been no public information about their whereabouts for months.

The tri-border area of the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger has been one of the most dangerous regions in the world for over a decade, due to the spread of terrorist groups.

The security situation in Niger has deteriorated significantly in recent times. Following a military coup in 2023, the country has largely ended its cooperation with Western security partners.