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The attacks came after the discovery of 1,000 graves of indigenous children near residential schools - many of which were run by the Catholic Church
These institutions were part of an abusive system that the country s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called cultural genocide in 2015
No arrests have been made, although several churches in Canada are completely burned down
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RCMP said in a news release Monday that investigators completed a “fulsome search” of an area near Lytton that is about one kilometre in radius.
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A two-kilometre area in the nearby community of Boston Bar was also searched where physical and digital forensic evidence was collected and witnesses were interviewed, they said.
Police are now focusing on a parking lot and park area that provides access to a foot and rail bridge across the Fraser River, looking for all movements of people, vehicle and train traffic around the time the fire started on June 30.