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Investigator: Suspect in Texas mosque fire feared MuslimsCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas --A man suspected of burning down a Texas mosque believed its worshippers were terrorists and may have been looking for other mosques to target, authorities alleged during a hearing pertaining to an unrelated case against the man.Marq Vincent Perez, 25, hasn't been charged in the Jan. 28 fire that destroyed the Islamic center in his hometown of Victoria, a community about 125 miles southwest of Houston.Perez was arrested last week on a charge alleging he tried to set fire to a former friend's car earlier in January, and during a hearing Thursday, prosecutors presented evidence that Perez was suspected in the fire and an earlier burglary of the mosque in arguing that he be denied bond.Although prosecutors have repeatedly declined to describe the burning of the mosque as a hate crime, U.S. Magistrate Judge B. Janice Ellington cited testimony Thursday about Perez's "involvement in a hate crime presently being investigated" as a reason for denying him bond.Continued: http://abc13.com/news/investigator-suspect-in-texas-mosque-fire-feared-muslims/1795896/
