POLICE INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF RACIST ATTACK ON ISLAMIC CENTER

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The attacks resulted in damage but no injuries, the New York Police Department said.

The attacks resulted in damage but no injuries, the New York Police Department said.

(CNN) — A Molotov cocktail was tossed at an Islamic center in one of three attacks in New York City, authorities said early Monday.

The three attacks in Queens were at the Islamic center, a bodega, and a private house on Sunday night, officials said.

Molotov cocktails were used in all the attacks, resulting in some damage but no injuries, the New York Police Department said.

In a fourth incident, a fire damaged part of house, but it was too early to tell whether it was a result of a Molotov cocktail and was related to the other incidents, police said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemned the attacks in a statement Monday, saying such acts “go against everything we stand for as New Yorkers and Americans.”

The Council on American-Islamic Relations called for police to increase security around mosques.

“Attacks on our nation’s houses of worship must be condemned by all Americans and should be investigated and prosecuted using all available law enforcement resources,” said Ibrahim Hooper, the national communications director for CAIR.

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