Police investigate incident at Huntington mosque
The Masjid Noor mosque at 1032 Park Ave. in Huntington where police say a pair of suspected vandalism incidents are being investigated as hate crimes. (Oct. 21, 2010) Credit: Howard Schnapp
Suffolk County's hate crimes unit is investigating an incident in which someone threw a jar of nails into the driveway of a Huntington mosque Wednesday night, police said.
About 8:50 p.m., an unknown person or people threw a large jar of nails into the parking lot driveway of Masjid Noor Mosque, 1032 Park Ave., police said.
No other damage to the building or vehicles in the parking lot was reported, police said.
Anyone with information can call the hate crimes unit, 631-852-6323, or Crime Stoppers, 800-220-8477.
Calls to the mosque were not immediately returned Thursday.
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