Fort Smith mosque defaced; 3 sought

Fort Smith police are looking for three people who spray-painted messages on the outside of a mosque, department spokesman Sgt. Daniel Grubbs said.

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Police were alerted to vandalism at Masjid Al Salam mosque at 8501 S. 28th St. early Thursday, Grubbs said. Based on surveillance footage, police are searching for three people who wrote phrases like "go home" on the windows and on a door of the building, he said.

Police circulated a still image from the video footage hoping to identify a white man in a baseball cap who is seen painting on the mosque wall.

Fort Smith police keep track of possible hate crimes, Grubbs said, and it's "obvious bias motivations exist in this case."

Mosque officials were unavailable for comment.

State Desk on 10/21/2016

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