University of Twente NOC Fire Arson

Lars writes "A 26-year old man from Hengelo has admitted to deliberately setting fire to the Network Operations Centre of University of Twente, last Wednesday. The fire gutted two wings of the building and devastated one of the fastest networks in Europe. The arsonist is an employee of the University, which must come as quite a shock to those involved. The University released a short statement to the press. It mentions that the total damage caused is roughly 40-50 million euros (about the same in dollars) and that the guy was caught last Friday, when he tried to set fire to one of the faculty buildings."

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What matters more?

[ekrout]

We've now seen nearly a dozen articles on this fire that destroyed several computers at the University of Twente.

It's very upsetting to me, especially considering that the fire was set deliberately.

However, far worse tragedies occur every day around the world. But in these instances, people die. Yes, people. Drive-by shootings, car accidents, birthing troubles, drug overdoses, and many other unfortunate circumstances happen hundreds of times all around the world every day.

I realize this is a tech site, but I'm sure that 1 in 5 disasters involves computers being burnt up or crushed. Why not just post these then?