A man accused of arson over a deadly hostel fire in New Zealand has had his charges upgraded to include five counts of murder.
He has remained in jail since his arrest two days after the fire.New Zealand police have filed five murder charges against the man they say lit a deadly fire at a Wellington hostel two weeks ago.
More than 100 people were staying at the four-story Loafers Lodge hostel when the fire tore through the building soon after midnight on 16 May. Among the five men who died in the fire was 67-year-old Mike Wahrlich, a street performer who was widely known in Wellington as Mike the Juggler.
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