Five Birmingham mosques attacked with sledgehammer in one night
Police have launched an investigation after a number of mosques were attacked overnight in the U.K. city of Birmingham.Police said they responded to reports of a man smashing a mosque window with a sledgehammer 2:32 a.m. on March 21, and were alerted to a similar attack on a mosque in the Erdinton area of the city about 40 minutes later.
The attacks occurred less than a week after 50 people were killed during two mass shootings at mosques in New Zealand. West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson said:"Attacks of this nature have no place in our community and will not be tolerated. I want to reassure people that West Midlands Police is doing all it can to bring the perpetrators to justice."
In 2015, Fox News commentator Steven Emerson was heavily mocked after he falsely claimed that Birmingham was a"totally Muslim" city where"non-Muslims simply don't go in.”
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