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September 29, 2008

Dayton, Ohio Mosque Gassed; Two Hospitalized
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In Dayton, Ohio, two people were hospitalized Friday after someone
gassed a mosque filled with over 300 Muslims celebrating the last ten
days of Ramadan. Two men were seen spraying an unknown chemical into a
room where babies and children were being kept while their mothers were
engaged in prayers. People inside the mosque soon began coughing,
tearing up and losing their breath. One adult and one child were take to
a local hospital, others were treated at the scene. Tarek Sabagh, a
board member of the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton, said, “It’s very
disturbing. Something like this has never happened before.”



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