Tucson synagogue vandalized days after mosque attack

By Jill Ryan
Associated Press
Published: Thursday, December 30, 2021 - 4:17pm
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Police say they have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of a Tucson synagogue and are investigating an unrelated attack at a local mosque.

Detectives announced Wednesday they arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of aggravated criminal damage after reviewing surveillance video taken Kol Ami Tucson. The man was in jail for allegedly assaulting a officer when police arrested him.

Tucson police said they were also investigating vandalism and an assault on several worshippers in a separate incident at an area mosque,

Police say the there is no connection between the two attacks and they have no evidence that either one was bias motivated.

The Arizona Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations called for additional security at the Islamic Center of Tucson after the Christmas day attack there.

The group says a group of people assaulted two men as they walked into the mosque for morning prayers, leaving one with a black eye. Two women from the group reportedly smashed a mosque window.

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