Corsica Muslim Prayer Hall Vandalized, Demonstrators Burn Qurans

Corsica Muslim Prayer Hall Vandalized, Demonstrators Burn Qurans
The damaged window of a Muslim prayer room in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. A crowd vandalized a Muslim prayer room in Corsica a day after an ambush left firefighters injured on the French island. AP Photo/Jean-Pierre Belzit
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PARIS  — A crowd vandalized a Muslim prayer room in Corsica a day after an ambush injured two firefighters responding to an emergency in a housing project, the state prefect on the French island said Saturday.

Prefect Christophe Mirmand said police reinforcements were being called into the Corsican capital of Ajaccio from mainland France, and prayer rooms and mosques were being guarded.

Damaged Quran and religious books lay on the floor in a Muslim prayer room in Ajaccio, in the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. A crowd vandalized a Muslim prayer room in Corsica a day after an ambush left firefighters injured on the French island. (AP Photo/Jean-Pierre Belzit)
Damaged Quran and religious books lay on the floor in a Muslim prayer room in Ajaccio, in the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. A crowd vandalized a Muslim prayer room in Corsica a day after an ambush left firefighters injured on the French island. AP Photo/Jean-Pierre Belzit
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