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NY cops step up security around Hindu temple, Islamic centre
American Police on Tuesday erected a security tower and stepped up surveillance around an Islamic centre and a Hindu temple that were among four sites fire bombed in arsonist attacks termed by authorities as hate crimes and also released the sketch of a suspect.
Molotov cocktails were hurled at the four locations last night, with bombs damaging property but no serious injuries were reported.
The attacks took place in Queens area in which unidentified assailants threw homemade firebombs at a house used for Hindu worship services, Islamic centre Imam
Al-Khoei Foundation, a home and a convenience store.
Police, who are yet to make any arrest, have released a sketch of a suspect caught on a surveillance camera at the Hindu temple.
The suspect is described as a 25 to 30-year-old black man, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds and wearing a black jacket and a baseball cap.
A videotape has also been released showing a suspect appearing suddenly to lift his right arm to hurl a lit objective that strikes the temple and explodes in flames.
The New York Times quoted Ramesh Maharaj, 62, a Hindu priest who resides in the temple premises, as saying that he rushed from his bed to lawns to find the explosive burning harmlessly. “The intention from the behaviour of the guy was to do destruction,” Maharaj said.
American Police on Tuesday erected a security tower and stepped up surveillance around an Islamic centre and a Hindu temple that were among four sites fire bombed in arsonist attacks termed by authorities as hate crimes and also released the sketch of a suspect.
Molotov cocktails were hurled at the four locations last night, with bombs damaging property but no serious injuries were reported.
The attacks took place in Queens area in which unidentified assailants threw homemade firebombs at a house used for Hindu worship services, Islamic centre Imam
Al-Khoei Foundation, a home and a convenience store.
Police, who are yet to make any arrest, have released a sketch of a suspect caught on a surveillance camera at the Hindu temple.
The suspect is described as a 25 to 30-year-old black man, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds and wearing a black jacket and a baseball cap.
A videotape has also been released showing a suspect appearing suddenly to lift his right arm to hurl a lit objective that strikes the temple and explodes in flames.
The New York Times quoted Ramesh Maharaj, 62, a Hindu priest who resides in the temple premises, as saying that he rushed from his bed to lawns to find the explosive burning harmlessly. “The intention from the behaviour of the guy was to do destruction,” Maharaj said.
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