Arson, Hate Crime Investigation After Windows Smashed And Fire Set At Buddhist Temple In Little Tokyo

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Police are searching for the suspect who set a fire and smashed a window at a downtown Los Angeles Buddhist temple, which is also home to a preschool.
The facility has been closed to religious services due to the pandemic, but there was someone inside who heard the attack and extinguished the fire.
The incident, which happened at the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in the 500 block of East Third Street, is being investigated as a hate crime and arson.
Officer Mike Lo