Man arrested toting Molotov cocktails accused of possibly targeting Orland Park mosque, police say
<p>A 31-year-old man arrested over the weekend allegedly toting more than half a dozen Molotov cocktails in his backpack was possibly planning on threatening an Orland Park mosque, police said. </p><p>It was about 2:55 a.m.
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<p>A 31-year-old man arrested over the weekend allegedly toting more than half a dozen Molotov cocktails in his backpack was possibly planning on threatening an Orland Park mosque, police said. </p><p>It was about 2:55 a.m. Saturday when Mokena police officers spotted Hamed Alsaidi<br>walking in the middle of the 191st Street near LaGrange Road, Mokena Police Chief Brian Benton said, adding it was actually the second time officers encountered him in the space of a few hours. </p><p>But when officers stopped him the second time, Alsaidi, of the 5700 block of Circle Drive in Oak Lawn, gave them a false name, Benton said.
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- <p>A 31-year-old man arrested over the weekend allegedly toting more than half a dozen Molotov cocktails in his backpack was possibly planning on threatening an Orland Park mosque, police said. </p><p>It was about 2:55 a.m.
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