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White Supremacist Admitted to Mental Hospital After Trying to Burn Down British Synagogue

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Jul 09, 2019
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A far-right extremist who set fire to a British synagogue on a day meant to commemorate the Holocaust is being held indefinitely at a mental hospital.

While setting fire to the Exeter synagogue last year, on July 21, 2018, 52-year-old Tristan Morgan accidentally caught on fire. Morgan burned his hands and forehead, and singed his hair during the blast, a…

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