FBI Offering $30K Reward For Info On Minnesota Mosque Bombing

Ben Sunderlin places a sign of support near the window that was damaged during Saturday morning's attack at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. More than a thousand people a... Ben Sunderlin places a sign of support near the window that was damaged during Saturday morning's attack at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. More than a thousand people attended Tuesday's rally in a community-wide show of support for the Minnesota mosque following the weekend attack. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP) MORE LESS

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The FBI is offering a $30,000 reward for information in the bombing of a Minnesota mosque earlier this month.

The FBI’s Minneapolis Division announced the reward in a tweet Wednesday. The FBI says finding whoever was responsible for the Aug. 5 explosion at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington remains its “top priority.”

The explosion happened early on a Saturday just before morning prayers and caused extensive damage to the imam’s office. No one was injured.

Muslim advocacy groups and Twin Cities’ mosques are separately offering a combined $24,000 reward.

The Dar Al-Farooq mosque primarily serves Somalis in the Minneapolis area. Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community outside of east Africa, with an estimated 57,000 people, according to the most recent census estimates.

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  1. I can’t say who actually threw the bomb, but I can point them in the direction of the person who incited that act of terrorism: They live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C…

  2. Days Comrade Cockholster has NOT condemned the mosque bombing = 11.

    But a White House mouthpiece did say this:

    Gorka told MSNBC, “When we have some kind of finalized investigation, absolutely. There’s a great rule; all initial reports are false, you have to check them you have to know who the perpetrators are. We’ve had a series of crimes committed, alleged hate crimes by right-wing individuals that actually turned out to have been propagated by the left. So let’s wait and see, lets allow the local authorities to provide their assessment and then the White House will make its comments.”

  3. Donnie will provide $50,000 for each additional mosque bombing.

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