A suspect was arrested on suspicion of arson after a hearth final week at a mosque in St. Paul, Minn., a minimum of the fifth such act of vandalism within the state to date this 12 months that has left members of the Muslim neighborhood “residing in worry,” a state senator stated.
Jaylani Hussein, the manager director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, stated at a information convention that the mosque, the Oromo American Tawhid Islamic Heart, was left “fully burned” after being set on hearth on Wednesday.
The constructing was unoccupied on the time and no accidents have been reported, the St. Paul Fire Department said.
The suspect, Stated Murekezi, 42, was arrested on Thursday and booked on suspicion of arson, the St. Paul Police Division stated.