Japanese Groom Sets Hotel on Fire to Avoid Wedding

As reported by Reuters:

A Japanese man has started a fire in a hotel where he was supposed to have got married over the weekend, to avoid his nuptial commitment, Japanese newspapers report on Monday.

Tatsuhiko Kawata (39) and his girlfriend were finalising preparations for their wedding, despite the fact he was already married, the Yomiuri daily writes.

- I thought if I set a fire I wouldn't have to go through with the wedding – he told the police.

Hotel guests were evacuated on Sunday morning and nobody was injured in the Yamanashi county, West of Tokyo.

Kawata was arrested after the fire when he suddenly cancelled the wedding, which was supposed to have been attended by 80 guests.