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Arsonist sets fire to Nebraska church as children practice for concert

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2018-04-12 Arson

Investigators in Grand Island, Nebraska have not yet determined the motive of the criminal, or criminals, who set fire to a church building Wednesday evening while around 30 people, including children, were inside.

The fire was reported around 6:30 p.m.at the First Faith United Methodist church building, 4190 West Capital Ave, in north Grand Island.  According to a report from KNOP television, the arsonist set fire to bushes and grass on the side of the main building.

A church member said a youth choir was practicing in the building when the fire was set.  Everyone got out without injury.

A report from KHGI ABC Nebraska says investigators do not yet have a suspect.

Cross often targeted by vandals set on fire, one arrest made

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Investigators say only minor damage was done when vandals placed a plastic gasoline container at the foot of a 12-foot cross and set it on fire at a church in Frankford, north of Trenton on Sunday.  Quinte West OPP was alerted to the fire in front of St Francis Assisi church on Riverside Parkway before sunrise Sunday, according to a report from GlobalNews.

A 17-year-old male from Frankford has been charged with arson.  His motives for setting the fire have not been released.  His name is withheld because of his age.

There were no injuries from the fire according to inquinte.ca.

OPP Constable David Ludington told Canada24News the cross has been vandalized multiple times.

“Over approximately the last year we were to the church for a couple of other fires, one in relation to teh cross out front, again as well as one to shrubs or bushes around the area of the cross,” OPP Constable David Ludington told the news agency.