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A man is under arrest in connection with a four-alarm fire that burned through three homes in Brooklyn. One of the homes belongs to a rabbi.
41-year-old Matthew Karelefsky of McKeesport, Pennsylvania is charged with arson and attempted murder.
Police say he had a vendetta against the rabbi, and set his house and car on fire to send a message.
Thirteen people were injured in the blaze.
A neighbor’s security camera caught the moment that car went up in flames. Seconds later, a man is seen running away.
It didn’t take long for that fire to spread to the home on East 17th Street and to two neighboring homes as well. A ball of fire woke up the neighborhood at 4 a.m. on Thursday.
Neighbors identified the man who lives there as Rabbi Jonathan Max.
Brooklyn: East 17 – Avenue N, @FDNY operating at a 4 Alarm Fire, fire in a 3 story private dwelling with extension to 2 exposures, 1 injury pic.twitter.com/gb5lhcN6No
— NYRRT (@NYRRT) June 13, 2019
that attempted murderer needs the death sentence
The man who started the fire is a confused individual and very sick. He should be in s mental institution and not a prison