Suspect arrested after fire damages historic Mississippi synagogue
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Key Points:
- A fire caused by arson heavily damaged the Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, early Saturday morning, with no injuries reported.
- Authorities, including the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force, took a person into custody in connection with the incident, though no details on charges or identity were released.
- Jackson Mayor John Horhn condemned the act as antisemitic and racist terrorism, emphasizing it as an attack on the community's safety and religious freedom.
- The synagogue, Mississippi’s largest and historically significant due to a 1967 Ku Klux Klan bombing linked to civil rights activism, suffered damage to its administrative office, library, and several Torahs.
- Despite the destruction, one Holocaust-surviving
