Bridgeview Mosque On Alert After Threats on Social Media

Bridgeview police are investigating a series of threats made on social media this week againstthe Bridgeview Mosque.

The threats originated on a teenage boy’s Facebook page, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, in which he touted that he would keep are Muslims “in check” for deeds by “extremist (followers) of Islam on the other side of the globe,” according to the report.

“F – - – - – - Muslims burn down christian churches in France! We got to start breaking some rules putting these n – - – - – in check,” the unidentified teen wrote, as reported by the Sun-Times.

Bridgeview police are treating the threats as serious after a friend of the teen alerted authorities as the post devolved into more targeted comments.

“I’d like to start with that mosque down the street . . . Eye for an eye tooth for a tooth,” the teen wrote in the comments of the post, exchanging words with a friend.

The teens’ target was later hinted at as the Mosque Foundation, which is near their suggested location of 87th and Harlem. An alert was issued Thursday night to area Muslims.

The teen then went on to boast about his plans, and that it will take “something cooler than the Bridgeview police” to catch him.

CAIR Chicago told CBS Chicago that the FBI is working with the organization on these threats.

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