Monday, 2 January 2012

'Molotov cocktail' thrown at Queens mosque, home

See it on TV? Check here.   Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- Firefighters say someone threw what appears to be a Molotov cocktail at a mosque in Jamaica, Queens.

It happened at the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center on the Van Wyck Expressway.

A small fire broke out as a result, but was put out by the time firefighters arrived at the scene.

Police are investigating.

So far they've made no arrests.

Nearby, a Jamaica resident says someone threw two Molotov cocktails at his home at 89th Avenue and 170th Street.

A small fire was quickly put out by the fire department and there were no injuries.

Police are also investigating an incident in which a glass bottle filled with a fire accelerant was left on a counter at a bodega on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica.

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