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Reward offered for tips on arson at Wichita mosque

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May 16, 2012|By Chris Durden & John Boyd | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

(WICHITA, Kan.) — The Wichita Fire Department, ATF and FBI are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the fire that destroyed a Wichita mosque on Halloween.

Wichita fire investigators recently reclassified the fire  arson.  They are asking for the public's help in finding suspects in the case.

Anyone with information is asked to contact fire investigators at (316) 337-9146 or Crime Stoppers at (316) 267-2111. So far, police have not made any arrests.

The fire on October 31, 2011 caused more than $100,000 in damage to the mosque at 3406 W. Taft.

Workers began rebuilding the mosque earlier this year.

"Everybody knew that they wanted to rebuild and that we do need a center on the west side for the people that use it. How that was going to get done, there were some logistics that needed to be worked out," Donna Sibaai an Islamic Association member told Eyewitness News at the time.

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Sibaai says the fire was devastating, but an outpouring of support from the community and other churches made things easier.

"Many of us got personal emails, people just wanting to know what they could do to help, offering their spaces even for worship. We had several churches offer space for worship for our Friday prayers, it was amazing."

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