Yogesh Sayrange Arrested After 3 Molotov Attacks on 2 Queens Churches
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
Yogesh Sayrange Arrested After 3 Molotov Attacks on 2 Queens Churches
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
Summary
Police arrested 36-year-old Yogesh Sayrange around 12:10 a.m. Thursday after he allegedly threw three Molotov cocktails at two Queens houses of worship and a nearby ambulette-service building.
Surveillance and fire calls place the attacks first at Iglesia Bautista El Mesias in Ozone Park before 11 p.m., then at a Woodhaven Kingdom Hall shortly after midnight; officers later found two more incendiary devices in his backpack.
No injuries or significant damage were reported at any of the three sites, but the NYPD and fire marshals are investigating and the Justice Department is examining whether the incidents constitute a hate crime.
Investigators are also checking whether Sayrange is tied to similar attacks dating to last month; he appeared in federal court Thursday over a separate June 25 Brooklyn business firebombing.