LOS ANGELES – A hate crime
task force is investigating who spray-painted anti-Muslim graffiti on a Muslim
man’s car in Palmdale, California, on the final day of Ramadan. 

Lt. Belinda Johnson of the
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Huffington Post that
officers had responded to the scene of the vandalism on Tuesday. 

A swastika and “USA” were
spray-painted on a gray truck, which had been parked on the 37,000 block of 6th
Street East in Palmdale, Johnson said. The truck’s windows had also been
smashed in. 

Photos posted to social
media show the words “terroist [sic]” and “F**k Muzlim [sic]” also spray-painted
on the truck. 

“The victim is of Islamic
faith, but he had no idea who would have wanted to damage his vehicle,” Johnson
said.

The victim has been identified as Ahmed
Muqadarati.

 “Some asshole decided to trash my brother’s
car….this happened in Palmdale CA guys,” tweeted Muqadarati’s sister-in-law, Honai
Shaghasi.