Late on the evening of September 11 -- 15 years after the worst terrorist attacks in American history -- the Islamic Center mosque of Fort Pierce, Florida was set on fire, the NY Times website reports today (September 13, 2016).
A surveillance camera recorded a man as he approached the mosque. Then came a flash as flames damaged the Islamic house of worship where the man who attacked an Orlando, Florida nightclub often prayed.
The authorities -- including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives -- were investigating the fire as a possible hate crime.
The blaze occurred on the 15th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks and nearly three months after Omar Mateen opened fire at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It also happened around the beginning of Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday.
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