Minneapolis police arrest suspect accused of setting fire to 2 Minnesota mosques

Minneapolis police arrested a man suspected of setting two fires that damaged mosques in the city last week as part of what the chief called "an attempt to inflict terror onto our Muslim community."

Police Chief Brian O’Hara announced the arrest of 36-year-old Jackie Rahm Little early Sunday but didn’t provide details of how he was apprehended. He was charged with second-degree arson after the fires were set on April 23 and 24 and an arrest warrant was issued.

"Houses of worship should be safe places. Setting fire to a sacred facility, where families and children gather, is incredibly inhumane. And this level of blatant hatred will not be tolerated in our great city," O’Hara said in a statement Sunday.

MINNESOTA POLICE SEARCHING FOR MAN SUSPECTED OF SETTING FIRE TO 2 MOSQUES

Leaders with the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations praised the arrest after the fires that had unnerved the Muslim community in the area.

"This...