Las Vegas man places bacon at mosque entrances

Police are calling the incident a hate crime, local news says

Massoud Hayoun

New York

Tuesday 29 December 2015 22:39 GMT

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Tawheed Mosque, Las Vegas (MasjidTawheedlv.com)

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Las Vegas police are searching for a man suspected of placing raw bacon at the entrances of a local mosque, local news reports say.

The man, whom police have yet to identify, wrapped bacon around the front door handles of Towhead Mosque and threw more bacon at the mosques rear entrance, Las Vegas’ News3LV reported.

The channel posted surveillance video of what they indicated is being investigated as a hate crime.

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