Tunisian authorities investigate a fire at a synagogue, question a suspect in custody

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian officials say a person, believed to have started a fire in a garden at a synagogue in the east of the country is in custody and under investigation for targeting a Jewish house of worship. The public prosecutor in the Mediterranean port city of Sfax told The Associated Press on Saturday that a courtyard of the city’s synagogue was set on fire on Sunday. The suspect is a man in his late 40s, who has worked as a public official, said Hichem ben Ayad, theprosecutor in Sfax. The suspect is being questioned to establish whether the fire, which the prosecutor said was a criminal act, was premediated. There were no casualties in the blaze.