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Islamic Center in Omaha reports 2nd attempt at vandalism

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another vandal has targeted the Islamic Center in Omaha.

A security camera caught an image of a masked man unsuccessfully trying to break the glass in a door around 3:15 a.m. on Thursday. Early on Aug. 23 a vandal heaved a 40-pound boulder through the glass in what mosque officials said was the first attack in 20 years. No arrests or injuries have been reported in either incident.

The center's president, Mohammed Rasheed, told Omaha television station KMTV (http://bit.ly/1WraLet ) that center officials believe these are hate crimes, because for someone to go to the center so early in the morning to "pick up a stone and throw it, they would have to plan and be motivated to do that."

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Information from: KMTV-TV, http://www.action3news.com

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