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Ventura County mosque apparent target of what may have been hate crime incident

Photo from Islamic Society of Ventura County
A sign which was apparently intentially damaged by a man at a Ventura County mosque.

Man caught on video damaging sign. Video just released of June incident.

Details have just been released about what may have been a hate crime incident at a Ventura County mosque.

It happened last month, but the video was just made public.

A video caught a man walking up to the sign in front of the Islamic Society of Simi Valley. The video shows him prying some of the letters off the sign before fleeing.

The greater Los Angeles Area Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a statement condemning the incident. A spokesman said that Muslims deserve to be safe, and welcome in their neighborhoods.

Simi Valley Police investigated the incident at the time it was reported in early June.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.