In a case in which a former employee was arrested on the 17th on suspicion of setting a house on fire in Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and killing the owner of a renovation company, it was revealed through interviews with investigators that the former employee was instructed by the company's management to collect unpaid construction fees from the company on the day of the incident. The money appears to have been fraudulently obtained by a former employee, and police are investigating the matter as an attempt to avoid detection by starting an incident.