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Hope they do well. Here on Long Island, the Ronkonkoma Islamic Center got bombed last week...
to proper outrage and investigations.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fire-outside-long-island-mosque-investigated-as-hate-crime/3762527/
..."All of a sudden I hear a big explosion -- and I mean big explosion," Ibrahim said.
Surveillance video shows the seconds leading up to the incident. The Suffolk District Attorney says the ball of flame was caused by someone using a container filled with an accelerant.
"He came from nowhere and did that. Did not achieve anything but it expressed hate. Why?" Ibrahim said.
Investigators are now trying to determine if this was a hate crime, but the district attorney's office says it sure looks like one.
Surveillance video shows the seconds leading up to the incident. The Suffolk District Attorney says the ball of flame was caused by someone using a container filled with an accelerant.
"He came from nowhere and did that. Did not achieve anything but it expressed hate. Why?" Ibrahim said.
Investigators are now trying to determine if this was a hate crime, but the district attorney's office says it sure looks like one.