Police arrest 14-year-old in attack on man outside Queens mosque

Monday, June 20, 2016
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.
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