Police blow up backpack left at Texas mosque, arrest man who claimed it contained a bomb

[susanbanks44]

Source: AP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Police have blown up a suspicious backpack outside a Texas mosque and arrested a man who claimed it contained a bomb.

Austin police Lt. Cedric Hudson says 46-year-old Azzam Baytie threatened the North Austin Muslim Community Center on Sunday.

The Austin American-Statesman reports that police said Baytie also claimed to have a gun.


Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-mosque-threat,0,3774048.story

[uppityperson]

1. More articles, info...

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/06/1006bombscare.html
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Baytie, a former resident at the mosque who had been issued a criminal trespass warning in the past, started shouting and became violent, Ahmad said.

When he was asked to leave, Ahmad said Baytie refused, dropped a backpack on the ground and held up a copy of the Quran and what he said was a remote that could detonate bombs inside the backpack.

Police arrived soon after and took Baytie into custody without a struggle, Austin police Detective James Mason said.
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Recognizing that houses of worship may attract people with mental and emotional problems, the Police Department and the Travis County sheriff's office recently have led workshops on how religious leaders can deal with people who disrupt services or harass members....

http://www.keyetv.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=c7c0724f-bb22-4060-b825-562447d2e7c2

...Detectives say this all started when 46-year-old Azzam Baytie, who had previously stayed at the center, exchanged heated words with some members.

Baytie was reportedly ordered off the property, when he dropped a backpack in the parking lot and told center members it was a bomb....

[snooper2]

3. Recognizing that houses of worship may attract people with mental and emotional problems

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GOBAMA!

[harun]

2. These incidents and the arrival of the fear mongering DVD in peoples

newspapers are not unrelated.