Source: Toilet Denial, Then NY Islam Center Attack

NEW YORK (AP) — A law enforcement official says a man hurled firebombs at an Islamic cultural center in part because he wasn’t allowed to use its bathrooms and targeted four other New York-area sites on New Year’s Day over personal grievances.

The official spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the case is still being investigated. The official says the man made anti-Muslim statements and could be charged with a hate crime in the Islamic center attack.

Police say the man was taken into custody Tuesday after he was tracked through a stolen car with Virginia license plates believed to be at the scene of at least two of the attacks Sunday evening on a convenience store, three homes and the cultural center.

Police say he made statements implicating himself in the attacks, which didn’t injure anyone.