US EditionPolice treating suspected arson attack at East Sussex mosque as a hate crime
Two masked arsonists set fire to the mosque’s entrance and a vehicle, with no injuries reported; Sussex Police have increased patrols and are treating it as a hate crime.
- Police are investigating a mosque fire in Peacehaven as a hate crime, which occurred after an attack on a Manchester synagogue left two dead and three injured.
- The mosque in Peacehaven was set on fire in a suspected hate crime with two people inside, according to local police.
- Two masked individuals attempted to enter the mosque and set it ablaze while two people were inside, but no injuries were reported.
- The mosque's chairman and a fellow worshipper fled after hearing a loud bang as flames engulfed the entrance.
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Masked attackers set UK mosque on fire with people inside
A UK mosque was set ablaze with two people still inside in a suspected arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime.It is the latest violent incident to be reported in a politically charged British summer, during which incidents of Islamophobic and antisemitic hate have remained high, and comes just days after a deadly attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.Two people in balaclavas tried to force the mosque's door open on Saturday nig…
Just a few days after the attack on a synagogue in Manchester, North England, there was another attack on a religious institution. On Saturday night, unknown perpetrators set fire to a mosque in the south of England. The police in the County of East Sussex had been called to the fire at the mosque in the south English city of Peacehaven on Saturday night. No one was injured by the fire. However, there was damage to property at the entrance door …
British police announced on Sunday that they had opened an investigation into a fire that broke out at a mosque in the city of Peacehaven on the south coast of England, and that the incident was classified as a possible hate crime.
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