FBI, ATF Investigate Ohio Mosque Explosion
CINCINNATI — Two explosions caused minor exterior damage at a mosque complex about two hours after evening prayers, and federal agents joined the investigation.

No injuries were reported and police hadn't found any witnesses to the Tuesday night explosions at the Islamic Association of Cincinnati mosque, police Capt. Gene Hamann said.

The FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were involved in the case, joining Cincinnati and State Highway Patrol state investigators, FBI Special agent Mike Brooks said.

Brooks confirmed Wednesday morning there were two explosions, one at each of two adjoining buildings owned by the association.

"As of right now, we can't make any comment on the size or the type of explosive," Brooks said. He also said authorities wouldn't speculate on why the buildings, both used as mosques, were targeted.

One explosion damaged an overhead glass panel in a front entryway at the mosque, and the other damaged a door on a porch at an adjacent house.

There was no immediate comment Wednesday from the Islamic Association of Cincinnati, where a telephone rang busy.

The mosque is about a mile from the University of Cincinnati campus and near several churches and Hebrew Union College.

About 300 to 500 people worship at the mosque on a typical Friday, said Karen Dabdoub, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Cincinnati.

"This is very disturbing," she said. "And not only for this mosque and our community, but for the Islamic community in and around greater Cincinnati."
I can account for my whereabouts at the time of the explosion! I was grocery shopping and have the receipt to prove it!

But seriously, you won't find me shedding a tear in sympathy. Guess they don't like it when they get a taste of their own medicine. I suppose they should be grateful that the bomber chose to strike at night when the place was empty rather than the middle of the day during one of their rituals as the Islamofascist bombers are so want to do to us Infidels.

Of course, the other possibility is that it was two of their own devices that accidentally went up!