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Firework hurled from van explodes during dispute outside Queens synagogue: NYPD

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Someone hurled a firework out of a van amid a dispute outside a Queens synagogue on Friday night, causing an explosion on a sidewalk, police said.

No one was injured in the explosion outside Congregation Shaare Tova on Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens around 8:30 p.m.


Police said it appears there was some sort of dispute between a person on the street and two people in a van.

Someone in the van tossed a firework onto the sidewalk, which exploded as the van sped away, police said.

Markiel Babekov told WCBS-TV he was in the synagogue at the time.

"We were in the middle of a service, and we just heard a huge bang, and everybody was just a little bit kind of alarmed. We were not sure what it was a bang about," Babekov said.

The NYPD said it appeared the explosion was "unrelated to the nearby synagogue."

Detectives from the 102nd Precinct are investigating the incident.