NYPD Releases Additional Video Of Man Who Vandalized Two Sunset Park Mosques

SUNSET PARK – The NYPD has released another video of the man they are seeking in connection to attacking two Sunset Park mosques with a hammer last Saturday.

At approximately 5:20pm on November 11, police say the suspect used a hammer to smash a video camera and multiple windows at the Beit El-Maqdis Islamic Center located at 6224 6th Avenue (between 62nd & 63rd Streets). He then fled heading east on 62nd Street.

Approximately twenty minutes later, police say the same man used a hammer to destroy the front doorbell, door knob, and mailbox of the United American Muslim Association of New York (Fatih Camii Mosque) located at 5911 8th Avenue (between 59th & 60th Streets), a short distance away from where the first incident took place. He then fled east on 59th Street.

Police describe the suspect as an Asian male.

Anyone with information in regards to the above incidents is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.