Holy book set alight outside Leeds Sikh man's home as police investigating hate crime
Police are investigating a hate crime in Leeds after a Sikh holy text was set on fire and put in a bin outside a Sikh person's house.
The family brought the burnt text to their Gurdwara Sahib to ask for help and support and a member of the community got in contact with West Yorkshire Police. They are treating this incident as a hate crime and are investigating.West Yorkshire Police said: "A representative of the local Sikh community reported that a holy text had been found damaged outside a Sikh community member’s address in St Anne’s Road on Wednesday, July 12.
If you witnessed the incident or have any information which could assist the police, then you can contact the police via 101 or online here quoting reference number 13230395971.
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