Paterson in new Jersey is the city where lives the second largest in the U.S. Muslim community. It is here, according to the police, lived and , Saifullo Saipov – the man who staged the attack in new York on October 31.
After the incident in the mosque located in Paterson, began to receive threatening phone calls.
«We’re coming for you, we’ll get you, we’ll kill everyone and burn this place – so said this man,» he told ABC7 Omar Awad, the representative of the Islamic center of Passaic County.
According to Awad, was about five calls, all from the same number. The man immediately called the police.
«After the visit of police calls continued. The caller cursed us, saying how dare you go to the cops, you are naive if you think they will help you.»
Similar calls were heard also in the mosque Masjid Omar (which, incidentally, is very close to the house saipova), and in the Muslim community of Middlesex County.
«People are very concerned, but we are also saddened by the fact that the entire Muslim community must bear responsibility for the actions of an unhealthy person,» added Awad.
Today, Friday 3 November, in the mosque will come to two thousand believers. Police in new Jersey will serve in the strengthened mode.
