Vandals cause major damage to under-construction mosque

Published January 31, 2012 5:00am ET



Fairfax County police believe young people consumed alcohol and then extensively vandalized the outside of an under-construction mosque this past weekend, causing as much as $80,000 worth of damage.

Around 8:40 a.m. on Monday, officers responded to the construction site of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mosque, located at 4555 Ahmadiyya Drive in Chantilly. They found major damage to the mosque’s exterior but no sign that it had been entered.

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