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People demolishing your house is a criminal act.

Your proposed solution implies that the victim was somehow to blame for this crime, by not being a good neighbour.

I agree with the first part of what you said, but regarding the second part:

We don’t know that he was a bad neighbor and even if he was, that’s not a reason to demolish someone’s house.

You can't really be a good neighbor if you don't show up for 8 years.

I consider that a perfect neighbor.

Haha, was going to say the same :D

That's victim blaming. The proper solution is teaching people to not burn down other people's houses.

Or teaching them to burn down people's houses. If someone had just set it on fire, it wouldn't have been mysterious or interesting.

Well the house didn't vanish as the article keeps repeating. It was just destroyed, there's a photo of the ruins included.