Henrico County, Va. – The FBI plans to interview a man arrested
for setting fire to the chapel at a Jewish cemetery.
Idris Hamid, 65, was arrested
following Monday night’s fire at Beth El Cemetery near Forest Lawn Cemetery,
off Laburnum Avenue, in eastern Henrico.
“We did dispatch a full crew to the location. We did have fire on the
exterior of the chapel building,” Henrico Fire spokesman Lt. Daniel Rosenbaum
said. “It was a single-story chapel. The damage was minimal to the building.”
Rosenbaum said the chapel, which is used for funeral services, was empty
when the fire started.
