Two Montgomery County residents were indicted Friday for allegedly being involved in the 2023 firebombing of the Huyen Trang Buddhist Meditation Center, according to federal prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District Court of Texas.

Austin Willard Tanton, 28, and Kayla Lynn Thompson, 31, both of New Caney, are accused of carrying out a plan to use Molotov cocktails to damage the Buddhist temple north of Houston on Nov. 5, 2023. According to court documents, both Tanton and Thompson have been charged with conspiracy to commit malicious use of explosive materials and using explosive materials in the commission of a felony.

Tanton has also been charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device.

"The use of firebombs to attack a place of worship is a

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