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| 03/24/03 at 16:44:45 |
| TWO TEENAGERS CHARGED IN FIREBOMBINGS OF HINDU TEMPLE Associated Press, 3/24/03 CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - Two teenagers are charged with firebombing attacks at a Hindu temple in suburban St. Louis, investigators said Monday. Both of the 17-year-old suspects, Paul Laird and Nathaniel Conner, both of Ballwin, live near the temple in a well-to-do area of west St. Louis County. They face two charges each of second-degree arson and criminal possession of a weapon. Both were being held in the St. Louis County jail on $75,000 bond. A news release from St. Louis County police did not specify a motive. Officials at the temple had wondered if the attacks were crimes were committed by ill-informed people who thought they were attacking a Muslim mosque. A police spokesman would say only that the case would be the subject of a 2 p.m. news conference. County police, the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms worked together in the investigation. No one was hurt in either pre-dawn firebombing, both of which involved Molotov cocktails - crude bombs made of bottles filled with a flammable liquid, often gasoline, and ignited. In the first attack that occurred either late Feb. 22 or early Feb. 23, the firebomb struck a massive metal door and caused little damage. In the second, the Molotov cocktail was thrown through a window, but flame-retardant carpeting limited damage to the window, the window frame and the carpet. A surveillance camera showed the firebomb coming through a window shattered moments earlier by a brick, setting off the temple's security alarms. Then, a large fireball ensued? |
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