NYPD probing Staten Island church firebombings

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The NYPD released this image of a suspect in a chuch arson.

The NYPD is investigating a second church firebombing on Staten Island.  

Authorities say someone threw a Molotov cocktail at the First Central Baptist Church in Stapleton early Thursday, sparking a fire.

St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal Church was firebombed over the weekend.  No one was hurt in either fire.

Police are investigating both cases as possible hate crimes.

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