Arson Suspected at Six St. Louis Torched Churches

Lindsey Bever of The Washington Post reports that six African-American churches in St. Louis have been targeted by likely arson attacks this month. The attacks come as the community is still recovering from the shooting of Michael Brown last year. “Investigators are now trying to find the culprit as well as a motive to see whether it might have to do with race or religion,” Bever writes.

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