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Mosques in Birmingham the target of vandal attacks

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epa06950995 British police officers outside Brinklow Tower flats in Highgate, Birmingham, central England, 15 August 2018. Media reports state that following the incident ouside the Houses of Pailiament in Westminster, London, on 14 August, where a silver Ford Fiesta collided with cyclists and pedestrians, before crashing into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament, Counter Terrorism officers carried out searches at addresses in the Midlands as part of their enquiries, including two addresses in Birmingham one of which was a flat in Brinklow Tower. The MPS report on 15 August 2018 that 29-year-old man arrested following the incident in Westminster, 14 August, remains in custody at a south London police station. The man, who is a British national originally from Sudan, was arrested at the scene by armed officers. He was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, under section 41 of the Terrorism Act (TACT) 2000, and detained under TACT. He was subsequently further arrested for attempted murder. EPA-EFE/STRINGER UK AND IRELAND OUT SHUTTERSTOCK OUT

Four mosques in Birmingham were attacked overnight and had their windows smashed with a sledgehammer.

A mosque in Birchfield Road, another in Slade Road, Erdington, and in Witton Road, Aston, and on Broadway in Perry Barr were the target of the attack and police have now opened an investigation.

Patrols were stepped up across the city and no arrests have been made so far.

West Midlands Police said forensic teams were at the scenes to collect evidence and officers were examining CCTV in the areas.

 

Via Sky News

 

 

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