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Arson at church in Jerusalem

March 09, 2017

A man broke into the Russian Orthodox chapel of the Ascension in Jerusalem and started a fire, causing soot damage.

The Times of Israel reported that Israeli police detained a suspect and that the attack was not motivated not by religion, but by an undescribed “local dispute.”

 


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  • Posted by: james-w-anderson8230 - Mar. 09, 2017 9:36 PM ET USA

    A double negative in that one!