Hawzah News Agency (Ontario, Canada) - Dozens of community members stood guard at a local mosque in Owen Sound, Ont., on Saturday, a day after the building was vandalized for the second time.

The supporters gathered at the mosque after two incidents where suspects allegedly threw food at the place of worship. Owen Sound Police have said they are investigating the vandalism, but do not have information about possible suspects.

“We’re still fearful, but at the same time we’re moved as well,” said Waleed Aslam, the congregation spokesman for Owen Sound Muslim Association, who noted that the effort was neither co-ordinated nor planned by the mosque.

He said he was amazed to see the community so engaged in protecting the mosque after the vandalism.

In the first incident, he said, tomato sauce was splattered all over the front entrance and the roof and walls were egged. Then the next day, mustard was splattered over the entrance, and the building and parking lot was egged again.

While the first act was waved off as a freak incident by most people in the congregation, the second had members more on edge, Aslam said.

“If someone had the audacity to come back and do the same thing after so much public criticism so much public shunning, then they have some serious motives there,” he said. “At that point I had some members asking me what if another Christchurch, New Zealand happens? God forbid, what if a shooting happens? What if we get attacked while we’re praying?”