Clerk at vandalized liquor store kidnapped

OAKLAND, Calif. — A man linked to a black Muslim group was among two men who turned themselves in to police Tuesday in connection with vandalizing two stores, police said.

Investigators said it was too soon to say whether the men were connected to Monday's fire and kidnapping of a clerk at one of the stores ransacked by a gang of black men in suits and bow ties three days earlier.

Yusef Bey IV, 19, and Donald Cunningham, 73, turned themselves in to face charges including robbery, felony vandalism and terrorist threats, Oakland Deputy Police Chief Howard Jordan said.

No arrests have been made in the kidnapping or the fire at New York Market. Employee Abdel Hamdan was found safe in the trunk of a car Monday, about 12 hours after the fire.

Last week, Hamdan's store and the nearby San Pablo Liquor store were vandalized by about 12 men who smashed liquor bottles and toppled food racks while demanding that both stores stop selling alcohol to black people.

Bey has been linked to a group that operates the Your Black Muslim Bakery stores.