Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 3:27 am
Palestinian-owned café vandalized twice on North Side: CPDPalestinian-owned Cafe Nabala was vandalized twice recently on North Broadway in Uptown, its owner and Chicago police said.
CHICAGO (WLS) — New video on Friday shows a person targeting a Palestinian-owned coffee shop on Chicago's North Side, in what the owner called a hate crime.
The crime happened overnight at Nabala Cafe in Uptown.
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The owner, Iyad Zeid, told ABC7 that this is the second time his café has been targeted since it opened over the summer. A similar crime occurred last month in the restaurant.
Chicago police confirmed the crimes occurred in the 4600 block of North Broadway in the early hours of October 25 and September 2.
Community members came together Friday to paint murals on the plywood above the windows.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the cafe repair the damage.
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