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Date: January 09, 2025 06:00PM
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/fire-at-lds-church-in-s-w-calgary-set-intentionally-police-1.7170025Excerpts:
“Police say a fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southwest Calgary early on Thursday morning was intentionally set.
“Emergency crews responded to the church located at 10923 24 St. S.W. just before 4 a.m. for reports of a fire.
“When fire crews arrived on the scene, they did not see any signs of fire but noticed a broken window.
“After a key holder for the building arrived, they searched inside and found signs of a small fire that damaged a carpet and created a slight haze.
“The Calgary Police Service hate crimes prevention team has been notified about the incident and will work alongside investigators.
“Gustav Mesén, a member of the church, said the incident was unnerving since the fire took place in a room where children often meet.
“It was very nerve-wracking to know that this type of hatred is happening toward people in my church,” Mesén said.
“He added that incidents at the church seem to have become more frequent over the past year, with several instances of graffiti and other vandalism.
“We don’t really mess with anybody, we like to exercise our faith and practise our beliefs in the way that we like to do it,” he said.
“I know that a lot of people are not very amicable toward people in my faith, and I’ve experienced that all my life, but having said that, we would like to exercise that freedom of believing our faith in the way that we like to do it.”
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This would indeed be scary as it seems that arson has been verified.
At first I thought maybe they would find out that someone just broke in to stay warm, or something like that, but the police are apparently calling it arson.
Kind of taking disagreement a bit far, if so. I guess they were fortunate to catch it early and little damage was sustained it seems.