QUEENS VILLAGE, Queens (WABC) -- Police have arrested a 14-year-old in connection with June 1st beating of a man who had just left his mosque on Jamaica Avenue in Queens.
The victim, who had been riding a bicycle, suffered multiple broken bones and was unable to speak or open his eyes.
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Three teenagers took part in the beating, and two of them remain on the loose.
The name of the 14-year-old now in custody is not being released because of his age.
The New York Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) called on the NYPD to investigate the attack as a possible hate crime.