Man arrested in connection with Islamic centre arson attack
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Wednesday September 24 2014
BBC News and Manchester Evening News both report on the arrest of a man in connection with the arson attack on the Newton Heath Islamic Centre a couple of weeks ago.
The centre’s CCTV cameras were ripped out of the wall and broken in the attack and its minibus later torched. The minibus had only been purchased two months previously in order to transport the elderly and infirm to and from the centre.
A 34 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and arson in what Manchester police are treating as a hate crime.
BBC News reports comments by Insp Shan Nasim, of Greater Manchester Police, who said the investigation into the attack “was far from over”.
He said officers were “investigating the possibility that this is a targeted hate crime”.
“We know for a fact there was at least one other person involved, so it is vital that we get potential witnesses to come forward with any information they may have,” he added.