2 teens charged with arson in Brooklyn school bus fires

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Two teenagers charged with arson in Brooklyn school bus fires
They were recently seen on video buying lighters at a grocery store.

EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with five school buses set on fire in Brooklyn.



Police charged 18-year-olds Amuel Zhine and Jervey Shamell with arson.



They were recently seen on video buying lighters at a grocery store.



The first fire broke out November 1 when a bus was torched on Albany Avenue in East Flatbush.



Since then, four more parked buses were set on fire.



The latest happened Thursday when the suspects set fire to a bus in front of Saint Catherine of Genoa Catholic Academy on Avenue D.



No one was hurt in any of the fires.



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