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Four stabbed at UK mosque: police
16 JUN 2013, 1:21 PM - SOURCE: AAP
Three men and a police officer have been stabbed at a British mosque, police say.
Three men and a police officer have been stabbed at a mosque in Birmingham, British police say.
The male police constable was responding to reports that three men had been stabbed inside the mosque in the Ward End area of the city when he was attacked.
The four men are being treated in hospital for their wounds and are described as "stable".
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is currently in custody, a West Midlands Police spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman said: "Police were called at 11pm on Saturday night to a mosque in Washwood Heath Road, Ward End, to reports of three men with stab wounds.
"Officers arrived at the incident and whilst the man was being detained, one police officer also suffered a stab wound.
"The three people and the officer have been taken to hospital, all are currently described as stable."
Officers are conducting patrols in the area in a bid to reassure local people, she added.
A cordon is in place while investigations continue.
All three men and the officer were stabbed inside the mosque, the police spokeswoman confirmed.
Officers are investigating whether the attack was a hate crime.
"We don't know at the moment, it's very early stages in the inquiry," the spokeswoman said.
"We can't rule anything out at the moment."
Mohammed Shafiq, leader of the UK Muslim organisation the Ramadhan Foundation, said a nearby resident reported hearing an argument coming from inside the mosque and believed it was a domestic incident between members.
"I have spoken to someone who lives a few doors down from the mosque and they described hearing an argument between some of the people inside the mosque.
"It escalated into violence and a police officer has been stabbed.
"People, anti-Muslim extremists, are going to try to take advantage of this - it's very serious that a police officer has been stabbed during duty. |
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