Crime & Safety

Vandals Repeatedly Target New Twin Cities Muslim Community Center

Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of CAIR-MN, says the building had been vacant for more than a year without incident.

(CBS Minnesota)

July 18, 2024

ST. ANTHONY, Minn. — Police are investigating a series of burglaries and acts of vandalism at the site of a planned Muslim community center and mosque.

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In the last two months, a vacant former bank building in St. Anthony and the site of the newly established Tibyan Center has been targeted repeatedly.

It appears the same group of young people have shattered windows, broken in multiple times, or attempted to, and caused about $20,000 worth of damage.

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Broken glass inside the newly established Tibyan Center/WCCO

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