The Los Angeles Field Office of the F.B.I. has joined Hawthorne Police detectives in the investigation, which appeared to have occurred overnight.
Source/Credit: NBC So Cal
By Jessica Perez | December 13, 2015
An investigation is underway after two mosques were vandalized in Hawthorne, officials said.
Officers received a call around 6:30 a.m. Sunday regarding vandalism and a possible explosive device in front of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque in the 13200 block of Prairie Avenue, according to the Hawthorne Police Department.
When officers arrived, they discovered what appeared to be a hand grenade- type device in the driveway, along with graffiti sprayed on the fence of the property.
The area was evacuated and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Bomb Squad determined the device was a plastic replica of a hand grenade, officials said.
An image, which police said appeared to be a "Jesus," was sprayed in white paint on the mosque's fence.
Police also received a call of vandalism at another mosque. The front of the Islamic Center of Hawthorne located in the 12200 block of South Hawthorne Way was spray painted with the phrase "Jesus is the way," police said.
The Los Angeles Field Office of the F.B.I. has joined Hawthorne Police detectives in the investigation, which appeared to have occurred overnight.
Both incidents are being classified as hate crimes. No arrests have been made.
The cases of vandalism come only two days after a mosque was set on fire in Coachella.
Anyone that may have information regarding the incidents is asked to contact Crime Stoppers 'at 800-222-8477.
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