A suspect has been arrested following an arson attack on Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, that heavily damaged the historic synagogue early Saturday morning, according to chief fire investigator Charles Felton. The fire, reported shortly after 3 a.m., destroyed two Torah scrolls and damaged five others while reducing the library and administrative offices to charred ruins, Mississippi Today reported. The Jackson Fire Department, FBI, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) made the arrest Saturday night after investigators ruled the blaze arson. No congregants were injured in the fire, which erupted during Shabbat, the weekly Jewish day of rest. The synagogue has suspended services indefinitely, according to congregation president Zach Shemper.
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