Police in suburban Chicago probing attack on Islamic school
Source: Reuters
CHICAGO | Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:06pm EDT
(Reuters) - Police in suburban Chicago on Monday were investigating an attack on an Islamic school that disrupted Sunday night prayers but caused no injuries or damage.
Deputy Chief Pat Rollins of the Lombard Police Department said a soda bottle filled with chemicals was thrown at the College Preparatory School of America, a private Islamic school located about 20 miles west of Chicago, around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night.
The device exploded, causing a loud bang that startled worshippers gathering for Ramadan prayers, but no one was hurt and the school was not damaged, Rollins said.
Even so, Rollins said investigators were "treating this very seriously." He asked anyone with any information about the attack to contact Lombard Police Department.
The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the FBI to open a hate crime investigation into the attack, the second incident in the Chicago area in recent days.
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