US EditionPolice treating suspected arson attack at East Sussex mosque as a hate crime
Two masked individuals set fire to the mosque entrance and a vehicle, causing damage but no injuries, amid increased police patrols and a zero-tolerance hate crime stance.
- A mosque in Peacehaven, East Sussex, was attacked in a suspected arson incident, which is being treated as a hate crime by Sussex Police.
- Chris Ward, Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, condemned the attack as 'disgusting' and noted that 'no injuries were purely by chance.'
- Councillor Zoe Nicholson expressed being 'shocked and saddened' by the incident, affirming support for the Muslim community in Peacehaven and labeling it a 'deeply distressing incident.'
- Sussex Police is conducting a 'fast-moving investigation' with a 'zero-tolerance approach' to hate crimes and encourages anyone with relevant information to report it.
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A mosque in the United Kingdom has been set on fire - 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 Islamophobic and anti-Semitic hate incidents have remained high, and comes just days after a deadly attack outside a synagogue in Manchester. According to foreign media, two hooded men tried t…
On Saturday, October 4, 2025, a mosque was hit by a fire in southern England. The police evoked a "crime of hatred". ...
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…
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