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Three Charged in Montreal-Area Jewish School Library Firebombing

Three suspects have been charged in the April 5 firebombing that destroyed most of the 10,000-volume library of the United Talmud Torahs elementary school in the Montreal, Quebec, suburb of Saint-Laurent.

May 14 police arrested Simon Zogheib and Sleiman Elmerhebi, both 18, on charges of arson and conspiracy, and Elmerhebi’s mother, Rouba Elmerhebi Fahd, who is accused of being an accessory after the fact.

Zogheib was released May 17 after posting a $20,000 cash bond, according to a May 18 CBC report. He was also ordered to surrender his Canadian passport, placed on 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, and instructed to not go near the United Talmud Torahs School. Elmerhebi Fahd was released May 19 on $10,000 bail and ordered to not communicate with her son.

A judge’s decision on whether Sleiman Elmerhebi will be released on bail is pending.

Posted May 21, 2004.

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