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Man, ever since I moved into my place I knew that if there was a terriorist attack something like this was going to happen. This Mosque is 2 blocks from my house.
Seattle mosque targeted by attack
09/14/2001
KING5.com
We have learned this week that the worst of tragedies can bring out the best in people. Sadly, it is also bringing out the worst among some.
This time, a case of violence at a Seattle mosque
Late last night, someone tried to set a car outside the mosque on fire then attempted to fire a gun at worshipping Muslims who confronted him.
"We smelled a gas smell. And we're checking our tanks because we thought that something was wrong. And then all of the sudden from the front of my car someone was trying to hide."
At the Northgate Idris Mosque, a Muslim place of worship on the city's north end, Issa Toandeel had just finished a prayer session.
"And then he came out and he had a gun in his hand, a little revolver. And he has a little can of gasoline, and he was pouring gas all over my car."
Police describe the suspect as a white male in his fifties and extremely intoxicated.
He was driving an older model green ford.
Toandeel says the suspect first threatened to shoot him and then actually pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger three times but all the gun did was click.
"He was trying to shoot one more time, but he was not aiming at me by then. He was just trying to see what was happening with the revolver, and then it really went off," said Toandeel.
Then the suspect ran to his car and tried driving away, Issa followed him in his gasoline soaked Cherokee.
The green ford rammed into the Cherokee and then crashed into the light pole.
Police have taken the suspect into custody.
Toandeel said, "He seemed to be very mad, which is like many people nowadays here and because of what happened."
Seattle mosque targeted by attack
09/14/2001
KING5.com
We have learned this week that the worst of tragedies can bring out the best in people. Sadly, it is also bringing out the worst among some.
This time, a case of violence at a Seattle mosque
Late last night, someone tried to set a car outside the mosque on fire then attempted to fire a gun at worshipping Muslims who confronted him.
"We smelled a gas smell. And we're checking our tanks because we thought that something was wrong. And then all of the sudden from the front of my car someone was trying to hide."
At the Northgate Idris Mosque, a Muslim place of worship on the city's north end, Issa Toandeel had just finished a prayer session.
"And then he came out and he had a gun in his hand, a little revolver. And he has a little can of gasoline, and he was pouring gas all over my car."
Police describe the suspect as a white male in his fifties and extremely intoxicated.
He was driving an older model green ford.
Toandeel says the suspect first threatened to shoot him and then actually pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger three times but all the gun did was click.
"He was trying to shoot one more time, but he was not aiming at me by then. He was just trying to see what was happening with the revolver, and then it really went off," said Toandeel.
Then the suspect ran to his car and tried driving away, Issa followed him in his gasoline soaked Cherokee.
The green ford rammed into the Cherokee and then crashed into the light pole.
Police have taken the suspect into custody.
Toandeel said, "He seemed to be very mad, which is like many people nowadays here and because of what happened."
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