Story highlights Mosque's officials said footage also shows a man throwing rocks into the prayer areaCAIR urges authorities to investigate incident as a possible hate crime(CNN) Colorado police are investigating vandalism at a mosque after a person was seen on surveillance video throwing rocks and a Bible through the building's glass doors and prayer area on Sunday. "The responding officer confirmed there was damage to the building and it had been vandalized around 4 a.m.MT (6 a.m.ET)," Fort Collins police spokesman Dustin Weir told CNN. Officials with the Islamic Center of Fort Collins said the footage shows a man throwing several large rocks and the Bible into the mosque. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, urged authorities to investigate the incident as a possible hate crime. "Because of the use of a Bible in the vandalism, we would urge state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the possibility of a bias motive for this attack on a house of worship," said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.

Source: CNN March 27, 2017 10:07 UTC