Arsonists use gas pipe in plot to blow up Hanley mosque
ARSONISTS have targeted Hanley’s new mosque in a racist attack.
The offenders broke into a nearby building in Regent Road in Hanley and directed a gas pipe into the mosque at around 6.30am.
They smashed their way inside the mosque, taped the pipe across an alleyway and inside the building.
But the fire was put out before there was any explosion.
Chief Inspector Wayne Jones told The Sentinel at a press conference this afternoon: “The perpetrators tried to use gas from premises next door to damage the mosque."
He added: “At this stage we are treating this incident as a racist attack on a religious building.
“I am sure the community are as appalled at this behaviour as we are."
ARSONISTS have targeted Hanley’s new mosque in a racist attack.
The offenders broke into a nearby building in Regent Road in Hanley and directed a gas pipe into the mosque at around 6.30am.
They smashed their way inside the mosque, taped the pipe across an alleyway and inside the building.
But the fire was put out before there was any explosion.
Chief Inspector Wayne Jones told The Sentinel at a press conference this afternoon: “The perpetrators tried to use gas from premises next door to damage the mosque."
He added: “At this stage we are treating this incident as a racist attack on a religious building.
“I am sure the community are as appalled at this behaviour as we are."

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