AMMAN — The Criminal Court prosecutor levelled arson charges that led to the death of a person against a man who allegedly torched a tailor's place, killing a 22-year-old employee in Irbid, official sources said.

The victim was working in the shop when the suspect allegedly set the place on fire, Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi said.

“The Civil Defence Department was called to extinguish a fire at the tailor shop, and when they extinguished the fire, they discovered the victim inside,” Sartawi told The Jordan Times.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital but was declared dead on arrival, according to the police official.

A special team was tasked with investigating the incident, and investigators became suspicious of an individual who is known to the victim, Sartawi added.

Upon summoning the suspect, the police official maintained he reportedly confessed to setting the place on fire because he had a dispute with another employee”.

A post-mortem conducted by a team of pathologists at the Irbid National Institute of Forensic Medicine indicated that the victim died of blood poisoning and smoke inhalation, a senior medical source said.

“The burns covered almost 70 per cent of the victim’s body, which resulted in blood poisoning,” the senior medical source told The Jordan Times.

The suspect was ordered detained for 15 days at a correctional facility by the Criminal Court prosecutor pending further investigations into the incident.

Sartawi added that investigations are ongoing in the case.