Arson accused

A suspect in the fire that killed 10 people as it devastated a Paris apartment building on Tuesday was hospitalised at least 13 times in the past decade for mental health issues and completed her most recent stay a week ago, the Paris prosecutor said yesterday. Prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters the female suspect who was detained on suspicion of arson spent nearly two weeks at a Paris psychiatric facility before she was released on January 30. She had a clean police record but was involved in three prior judicial procedures, one for setting fire to clothes in a store, Heitz said. Two other complaints were thrown out due to her mental state, he said.