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Man arrested after setting house on fire and dancing on the roof

The 25-year-old is known to have anger issues

Marta Portocarrero
Tuesday 20 October 2015 15:34 BST
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Man sets house on fire and dances on the roof

A 25-year-old man was taken into police custody after setting fire to a house and dancing on the roof in Indianapolis, United States.

The incident happened on Monday morning. Indianapolis Police Department responded to the barricaded man, and when they arrived, the situation became dangerous.

After locking himself inside his girlfriend’s house for about 30 minutes and resisting the rubber bullets fired at him, the man went onto the roof carrying a knife.

At 11:00, as the video above shows, smoke was seen coming out of the house and the man started dancing with flames around him, totally ignoring officers' attempts to make him step down.

Only after hitting him with a taser, officers were able to step on the aerial ladder and arrest him.

According to police, the man was found in a chair in the driveway and had previously crashed his girlfriend’s car into a pole.

Police also said that the man is known to have anger issues and it is unclear if there were any hostages in the house.

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