UK Police Probe Attacks On 4 Mosques In Birmingham

UK police said Thursday they were investigating attacks on four mosques in the nation's second largest city of Birmingham that had their windows smashed overnight

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st March, 2019) UK police said Thursday they were investigating attacks on four mosques in the nation's second largest city of Birmingham that had their windows smashed overnight.

"At the moment we don't know the motive for last night's attacks... The force and the Counter Terrorism Unit are working side-by-side to find whoever is responsible," chief constable Dave Thompson was quoted as saying by West Midlands police.

Police were alerted at 2:32 a.m. on Thursday to reports of a man smashing windows with a sledgehammer at the mosque on Birchfield Road.

They arrived within minutes to find that the assault took place some time earlier.

They were alerted to a similar attack at the mosque on Slade Road less than an hour later. Patrols were stepped up in areas with mosques leading to the discovery of damage at two more places of worship.

Thompson said police had been working closely with the faith community after last Friday's gun attacks on two mosques in New Zealand claimed 50 lives. He stressed that officers were doing all they could to bring the perpetrators to justice.