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Man dies after being stabbed outside mosque
An 18-year-old was fatally stabbed and two men injured outside Oldbury Jamia Mosque during Ramadan; police say the incident is not currently seen as religiously or racially motivated.
- Police were called shortly before 9pm outside Oldbury Jamia Masjid in Smethwick, where an 18-year-old man was found with serious injuries and died, prompting a murder inquiry.
- During Ramadan, worshippers were inside the mosque for prayers, and the force said the attack is not being treated as religiously or racially aggravated at this stage.
- Police are reviewing CCTV and forensic teams are at the scene, with a blue police tent in the mosque car park; two men, aged 19 and 22, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Worshippers at Oldbury Jamia Masjid said they were told to ‘go back inside’ during the stabbing outside and left amid police and ambulances around 9.20pm, with the mosque sealed off the next day.
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Smethwick Mosque worshippers told to 'go back inside' leaving Ramadan prayers to find 'murder' scene - Birmingham Live
Worshippers were told to go back inside the mosque as police flooded the area after a fatal stabbing incident in Oldbury Road in Smethwick
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