New Video of New Tampa Mosque Arsonist Shows Several Burn Attempts
At first, he tries to set a gasoline rope on fire, hoping it would ignite a gas container.
When that doesn’t work, he pours gas on the sidewalk and lights it.
With no explosion, he returns. Off camera, he sets the gas on fire and runs off as flames and smoke grow.
After looking at the video, members of the mosque have even more questions about the mindset of a deranged person.
"It is disturbing. Somebody who was intent to harm the place that you do your prayer at, it’s disturbing. I mean, why somebody want to do that?” asked Adeeb Bulkhi.
Right after the February 24 arson, people of all faiths rallied behind the Muslim community.
As members surveyed the damage, the church next-door offered their facility for prayers.
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn made a pledge.
"Whatever occurred here, we will find out. The perpetrator will be punished, but we cannot allow as a community anybody to be victimized, to feel vulnerable, to be attacked for any reason,” he said.
The fire damage is repaired. The door glass, replaced. The camera that caught the arsonist still peers down.
"To think that, if this was a few hours earlier, God forbid, having any of the congregates here and having to witness that or be inside the mosque when this occurred” said Aida Mackic, of CAIR Florida.
Source: wfla.com
