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Attacks on 4 Mosques in Birmingham Probed by Police (VIDEO)

CC BY 2.0 / Elliott Brown / Birmingham Central Mosque (File photo).
Birmingham Central Mosque (File photo). - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - 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.

Commenting on the attacks, UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid said on Twitter it was "deeply concerning" and "distressing" to see a number of mosques vandalized in Birmingham. He stressed that hateful behaviour "has absolutely no place in our society" and will never be accepted.

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