Four Attacks in Queens With Homemade Firebombs

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Four Attacks in Queens With Homemade Firebombs
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS | Published: January 2, 2012

A Fire Department official on Monday said it was fortunate that the damage was minimal from a series of arson attacks across eastern Queens on Sunday night that the police were investigating as a possible bias crime against Muslims.

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No one was hurt in the four attacks, in which homemade firebombs were apparently used. In three of the four attacks, the police said, Molotov cocktails were made with Starbucks bottles.

The first attack occurred just before 8 p.m. at a bodega at 179-46 Hillside Avenue.

Ten minutes later, another crude firebomb was thrown, this time at the home at 107th Avenue, and the house caught fire.

Half an hour after that, an Islamic center at 89-89 Van Wyck Expressway was the target. The last attack occurred at a house at 88-20 170th Street, the police said. The police have said that they were investigating the attacks as a possible bias.

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The AP article I originally read was hyperventilating on the attack of the Islamic Center, giving the impression in the headline that all four attacks were religious in nature.