The FBI and ATF are helping local authorities investigate a string of recent suspicious fires at black churches in the south.
The church fires broke out in four states, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Three of the four were determined to be arsons, and the other is under investigation, Buzzfeed.com reports.
“They’re being investigated to determine who is responsible and what motives are behind them,” said FBI spokesperson Paul Bresson. “I’m not sure there is any reason to link them together at this point.
Officials were investigating a fifth fire in Elyria, Ohio.
The fires follow the deadly, racially-motivated shooting by Dylann Roof at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina.
