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General Category => World News => Topic started by: EC on June 09, 2013, 12:44:58 pm

Title: 'Suspicious' Fire At Islamic Boarding School
Post by: EC on June 09, 2013, 12:44:58 pm
Via Sky News: http://news.sky.com/story/1101313/suspicious-fire-at-islamic-boarding-school

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Some 128 pupils and staff have been evacuated after a "suspicious" fire broke out at an Islamic boarding school in London.

Police were called to the Darul Uloom School, in Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, at 11.50pm on Saturday.

Two men were treated for smoke inhalation and 10% of the building was damaged during the blaze, which was brought under control within an hour.

Sky News' Charlotte Lomas said there would be a police update around 2pm, "which does suggest, perhaps that this fire was deliberate".

It follows a rise in religious hatred crimes after the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich last month.

Last week, a Somali cultural centre and mosque was burned to the ground in Muswell Hill, north London, and the letters "EDL" - the initials of the English Defence League - were found scrawled on the outside.

More at link.
Title: Re: 'Suspicious' Fire At Islamic Boarding School
Post by: EC on June 09, 2013, 12:51:42 pm
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Islamic boarding school fire in Bromley treated as suspicious by police

Two people treated for smoke inhalation after fire at Darul Uloom school, amid ongoing fears of reprisals for Woolwich murder

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/09/islamic-boarding-school-fire-bromley-suspicious

No shit. Nice bit of detective work there ....
Title: Re: 'Suspicious' Fire At Islamic Boarding School
Post by: happyg on June 09, 2013, 01:24:33 pm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/09/islamic-boarding-school-fire-bromley-suspicious

No shit. Nice bit of detective work there ....

We are going to be reading about backlashes more often, and not just in the UK.
Title: Re: 'Suspicious' Fire At Islamic Boarding School
Post by: Oceander on June 09, 2013, 01:39:07 pm
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It follows a rise in religious hatred crimes after the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich last month.

So why wasn't the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby treated as a religious hate crime, in addition to being a cold-blooded murder?  In addition to smoke, I smell a double standard.
Title: Re: 'Suspicious' Fire At Islamic Boarding School
Post by: kevindavis007 on June 09, 2013, 05:19:14 pm
I think it was set by someone in the school.. 99% of all hate crime cases are mostly false.