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FILE - Terry Nichols, wearing a bullet-proof vest, is escorted by U.S. marshals as he leaves the federal courthouse in Wichita, Kansas, on April 26, 1995. (AP Photo/Steve Rasmussen, File)
FILE - Timothy James McVeigh, identified as a suspect in the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal building, is lead out of the Noble County Courthouse in Perry, Okla., by state and federal law enforcement officials on April 21, 1995. (AP Photo/John Gaps III, File)
FILE - Davetta Green comforts her son, James Green, as a nurse removes an I.V. at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City on April 20, 1995. James was injured when he and his mother were in the YMCA building across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building when it was bombed. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Randy Ledger, who was severely injured by the bomb blast at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, writes a note from his bed in the intensive care unit of Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City on April 20, 1995, as his sister, Linda Halford, watches. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
FILE - Karen Ellison looks through a chain link fence at a memorial service for rescue workers and volunteers at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on May 5, 1995. (AP Photo J. Pat Carter, File)
FILE - Officials stand near the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building as workers place flowers and memorial items at the scene of the explosion in Oklahoma City on May 5, 1995. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)
FILE - Family members wait for word about their missing relatives on April 19, 1995 at the First Christian Church in Oklahoma City, after a truck bomb exploded in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)
FILE - An unidentified woman calls out to friends as she waits for treatment following a bomb blast at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, April 19, 1995. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
FILE - Television reporters report from the bombed Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, back right, on April 20, 1995, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
FILE - A man stands in the blown-out doorway of a downtown business a few blocks from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was destroyed by a massive bomb, on April 19, 1995, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
FILE - The streets surrounding the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City are swamped with emergency vehicles and personnel on April 20, 1995, after a bomb tore through the building. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - A woman comforts an injured child following an explosion at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
FILE - Medical assistants Janet Froehlich, Wilma Jackson and Kerri Albright run from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building after being told another bomb device had been found on April 19, 1995, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - Rescue workers dig through the rubble from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building explosion in downtown Oklahoma City on April 20, 1995. (AP Photo/J.Pat Carter, File)
FILE - An unidentified man, his face covered with blood, looks at the bombed Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
FILE - This aerial view shows the destroyed north side of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City after a massive bomb blast, April 19, 1995. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - Terry Nichols, wearing a bullet-proof vest, is escorted by U.S. marshals as he leaves the federal courthouse in Wichita, Kansas, on April 26, 1995. (AP Photo/Steve Rasmussen, File)
FILE - Timothy James McVeigh, identified as a suspect in the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal building, is lead out of the Noble County Courthouse in Perry, Okla., by state and federal law enforcement officials on April 21, 1995. (AP Photo/John Gaps III, File)
FILE - Davetta Green comforts her son, James Green, as a nurse removes an I.V. at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City on April 20, 1995. James was injured when he and his mother were in the YMCA building across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building when it was bombed. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Randy Ledger, who was severely injured by the bomb blast at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, writes a note from his bed in the intensive care unit of Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City on April 20, 1995, as his sister, Linda Halford, watches. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
FILE - Karen Ellison looks through a chain link fence at a memorial service for rescue workers and volunteers at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on May 5, 1995. (AP Photo J. Pat Carter, File)
FILE - Officials stand near the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building as workers place flowers and memorial items at the scene of the explosion in Oklahoma City on May 5, 1995. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)
FILE - Family members wait for word about their missing relatives on April 19, 1995 at the First Christian Church in Oklahoma City, after a truck bomb exploded in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)
FILE - An unidentified woman calls out to friends as she waits for treatment following a bomb blast at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, April 19, 1995. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
FILE - Television reporters report from the bombed Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, back right, on April 20, 1995, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
FILE - A man stands in the blown-out doorway of a downtown business a few blocks from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was destroyed by a massive bomb, on April 19, 1995, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
FILE - The streets surrounding the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City are swamped with emergency vehicles and personnel on April 20, 1995, after a bomb tore through the building. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - A woman comforts an injured child following an explosion at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
FILE - Medical assistants Janet Froehlich, Wilma Jackson and Kerri Albright run from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building after being told another bomb device had been found on April 19, 1995, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - Rescue workers dig through the rubble from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building explosion in downtown Oklahoma City on April 20, 1995. (AP Photo/J.Pat Carter, File)
FILE - An unidentified man, his face covered with blood, looks at the bombed Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
FILE - This aerial view shows the destroyed north side of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City after a massive bomb blast, April 19, 1995. (AP Photo, File)
One person was taken into custody after a fire ripped through a synagogue in Mississippi, heavily damaging the historic house of worship in what authorities say was an act of arson.
No congregants were injured in the blaze, which broke out at the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday, officials said. Photos showed the charred remains of an administrative office and synagogue library, where several Torahs were destroyed or damaged.
Jackson Mayor John Horhn confirmed that a person was taken into custody following an investigation that also included the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
“Acts of antisemitism, racism, and religious hatred are attacks on Jackson as a whole and will be treated as acts of terror against residents’ safety and freedom to worship,” Horhn said in a statement.
He did not provide the name of the suspect or the charges that the person is facing.
The synagogue, the largest in Mississippi and the only one in Jackson, was the site of a Ku Klux Klan bombing in 1967 — a response to the congregation’s role in civil rights activities, according to the Institute of Southern Jewish Life, which also houses its office in the building.
“We are devastated but ready to rebuild, and we are so appreciative of the outreach from the community," said Michele Schipper, CEO of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life and past president of the congregation.
The congregation is still assessing the damage and received outreach from other houses of worship, said Schipper. The synagogue will continue its regular worship programs and services for Shabbat, the weekly Jewish Sabbath, likely inside of one of the local churches that reached out.
One Torah that survived the Holocaust was behind glass not damaged in the fire, Schipper said. Five Torahs inside the sanctuary are being assessed for smoke damage. Two Torahs inside the library, where the most severe damage was done, were destroyed, according to a synagogue representative.
The floors, walls and ceiling of the sanctuary are covered in soot, and the synagogue will have to replace upholstery and carpeting.
“It’s going to be an extensive revitalization process for them," said chief fire investigator Charles Felton.
FILE - This Nov. 2, 2018 photo shows an armed Hinds County Sheriff's deputy outside of the Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)