Woman Suspected of Setting Iowa Mosque on Fire
Des Moines firefighters and police were called to the Islamic Center of Des Moines about 10 a.m. There had been a small fire on the carpet, according to a Des Moines police report.
The fire was extinguished by the mosque's staff by the time firefighters arrived, USA Today reported.
Security cameras in the mosque showed a woman pouring lighter fluid on the carpet and then starting the fire, said Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek. She was not on scene when police and firefighters arrived, according to the report.
Police arrested her at a west Des Moines apartment that evening. She was booked into jail on a charge of first-degree arson.
There are no indications that this fire was a hate crime, Parizek said.
Damage from the fire was minimal, and no one was hurt, Parizek said.
