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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Bates

A man pleads not guilty to setting fire to Mississippi synagogue

Mississippi Synagogue Fire - (Beth Israel Congregation)

The man accused of setting fire to a Mississippi synagogue pleaded not guilty to a federal arson charge on Tuesday.

The fire badly damaged the Beth Israel Congregation, a historic synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 for the congregation's involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. No one was injured in the blaze, which ripped through the building shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10.

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