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Article Added On: December 17, 2004 - over 7 years ago
Title: A close look at the library bomber
Author: Ingrid Peritz
Publication: The Globe and Mail
Publication Date: January 01, 2004 - over 8 years ago
Faith Groups: Jewish
Themes: Religion and society

Abstract: The boy who bombed and destroyed the library of a Jewish school in Montreal last April apologized in court and asked Jewish community for forgiveness for his mistake. In a letter presented in court on Thursday (Dec. 16), he stated,

December 17, 2004

Sometimes the most devastating acts come from the hands of the most ordinary people. When a firebomb destroyed the library at Montreal's Talmud Torah school this year, the single deed of violence rattled an entire school and sent shock ricocheting across Canada.

Yet it was an awkward Canadian teenager who stood in a Montreal courtroom on Thursday and admitted that destructive act. Sleiman El-Merhebi, 19, pleaded guilty to arson and, in an apology, likened his act to terrorism.





 
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