Explosion outside Long Island mosque investigated as possible hate crime

Hate crimes officers are investigating after an incendiary device exploded outside a mosque on Long Island, damaging a metallic crescent moon that is a symbol of Islam. A device similar to a Molotov cocktail exploded around midnight Sunday at the Masjid Fatima Al-Zahra mosque in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told Newsday. No one was injured, and the only reported damage was to the silvery crescent outside the facility. MORE: https://www.fox5ny.com/news/explosion... Subscribe to FOX 5 NY: https://www.youtube.com/fox5ny?sub_co... Watch FOX 5 NY Live: https://www.fox5ny.com/live FOX 5 NY delivers breaking news, live events, investigations, politics, entertainment, business news and local stories from New York City and across the nation. Watch more FOX 5 NY on YouTube: Black Entrepreneurs:    • Playlist   STREET SOLDIERS with LISA EVERS:    • Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers   A.I. ALL IN:    • Playlist   Finding Faith:    • Finding Faith with Sharon Crowley   The Big Idea:    • Playlist   Download the FOX 5 NY News app: https://www.fox5ny.com/apps Download the FOX 5 NY Weather app: https://www.fox5ny.com/apps Follow FOX 5 NY on Facebook:   / fox5ny   Follow FOX 5 NY on Twitter:   / fox5ny   Follow FOX 5 NY on Instagram:   / fox5ny   Subscribe to the Good Day NY Morning Brief newsletter: https://www.fox5ny.com/email