Admin l Saturday, August 05, 2017
MINNEAPOLIS, United States – A Substance suspected to be Improvised Explosive Device, IED has hit the Dar Al Farooq Mosque in Minneapolis, United States.
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Nobody was injured but the attack has raised apprehension in the U.S which has experienced relative peace in terms of bombings in the recent times.
The bomb was thrown through the window of the imam’s office while worshipers were gathered for morning prayers.
Executive Director of the mosque, Mohamed Omar told reporters in Bloomington that a member of the congregation saw a pickup truck speeding away from the building’s parking lot just after the blast.
“Preliminary investigation indicates the explosion was caused by a destructive device in violation of federal law,” the FBI’s Minneapolis division said on Twitter, while the Bloomington Police Department tweeted that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had also joined the probe.
“When officers and fire personnel arrived, what they found there was some smoke, some damage to the building, but no one was injured,” Police Chief Jeff Potts said at a news conference broadcast by local media.
Meanwhile, religious leaders have condemned the attack.
“It’s a tragedy that we have to gather here today,” Curtiss DeYoung, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Churches, told reporters shortly after Omar spoke. “We are here showing solidarity and support for Muslims, not only in this centre but Muslims across our state and our country that are under these kind of attacks.”
Anti-Muslim incidents have risen sharply in the United States over the past year, according to a review by the Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR), which offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Minneapolis area bomber.
