Buddhist Temple Re-Opens After Arson

August 28, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Toronto Star

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,8492,0,0,1,0

The arsonists crept up to the Buddhist temple in Scarborough around 4 a.m., doused a side door in flammable liquid, then set the immense wooden structure alight.

They ran around back and tried to torch the part of the temple that housed the library. But they inadvertently triggered a motion sensor alarm, dropped bottles of flammable liquid, and fled into the dark as a monk awoke and called police.