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Arson attack on 12th-century English church

June 20, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: A 12th-century church in Market Drayton, England, was the target of a recent arson attack.

BBC reported that the fire left St. Mary’s Church, an Anglican church since the Reformation, “heavily smoke-logged inside,” with the door “badly damaged.”

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