Firebombing scare

A diverse community in Queens where thousands of West Indians live, work or worship is on edge after four attempted firebombings of properties in a single day.
The four attacks in Queens and one in Elmont, a middle class community on Long Island, were directed at a Hindu temple, a Shi’ite mosque, private houses, one of which was owned by a Guyanese family, an Islamic centre, and a 24-hour grocery store.
City police officers are treating the incidents as bias crimes possibly aimed at religious minorities, including those from Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean as well as from Arabic-speaking countries.
A person of interest to the police is said to be a black Guyanese whose name hasn’t been released.
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