The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday took over the investigation of an early-morning bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis that caused no injuries.
Anti-Muslim incidents have risen sharply in the United States over the past year, according to a review by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Minneapolis area bomber.
Police in Bloomington, Minnesota, were called at 5:05 AM CDT (3:05 PM PST) about an explosion at the Dar Al Farooq mosque after a bomb was thrown through the window of the imam's office while worshipers were gathered for morning prayers.
Mohamed Omar – the mosque's executive director – told reporters in Bloomington that a member of the congregation saw a pickup truck speeding away from the building's parking lot just after the blast.
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