Cops investigate firebomb attacks on NYC Muslims

NEW YORK?? Authorities were investigating after reports that Molotov cocktails were thrown at an Islamic center and several other properties in New York City late Sunday.

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The Fire Department of New York said a blaze outside the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation building in Queens was brought under control quickly after a call came in at about 9 p.m. Sunday.

No injuries were reported. There was minor damage to a door.

Fire marshals and police were investigating the purported attack.

The building on the Van Wyck Expressway in the Jamaica section houses a school and religious spaces.

Police also said they were investigating whether there were possible links to fires at a deli about four miles away and two nearby homes.

Starbucks bottles
The New York Times reported that police believed Muslims were being targeted in each of the four attacks.

The paper said that in three of the attacks, the Molotov cocktails used were made with Starbucks bottles.

The Times said the Islamic center was one of the most prominent Shiite mosques in New York.

The paper said an attack on a home on 107th Avenue caused the most damage. The house caught fire and 60 firefighters worked for about 40 minutes to deal with the blaze.

The other attack on a house caused little damage, the Times said. Two bottles were thrown from a vehicle at the home, on 170th Street, a Fire Department spokesman said the person who called 911 reported.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45845535/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

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