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Several large metal lanterns were knocked down during the incident. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
The LAPD has launched a hate crime arson investigation after the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Little Tokyo was vandalized.
The incident happened around 7 p.m. on Thursday. Reverend Noriaki Ito says a man climbed over the temple s fence and set two wooden lantern stands on fire. He then knocked a pair of large metal lanterns off their stands, and threw a rock that shattered a floor-to-ceiling glass panel at the entrance.
Higashi Honganji Temple after the incident. You can see the boarded up glass on the entrance. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
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