CAIR: Vandalism at Arab-Owned Penn. Business Probed as Hate Crime

PHILADELPHIA - August 21, 2009 (WPVI) -- Are the owners of the business damaged by vandals victims of a hate crime?

The Executive Director of the Arab American Development Corporation, Marwan Kreidie, says a number of agencies from the FBI, the DA's office, and the Human Relations Commission have vowed to look into this apparent hate crime. He spent the better part of the day speaking with various officials about the case:

"Everyone is looking at this as a hate crime and hopefully they'll find the perpetrators soon," Kreidie said.

As Action News reported on Thursday, the owners of the Premium Seafood Shop at 5th Street and Roosevelt Boulevard arrived to find their business had been heavily damaged by vandals. The refrigerated display counters had been overturned, glass windows and doors were shattered and broken, food and other items were scattered everywhere and vile, hateful graffiti covered the walls telling Iranians to go home. It turns out, the owners are Palestinian Americans, who have not yet returned to reopen for business.

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