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Tipton terror incident

A mosque in Tipton remains cordoned off as police investigate a terrorist incident. Residents have reported finding debris including nails.

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Chairman of mosque describes building evacuation

Mushtaq Hussain, chairman of the Kanzul Iman Mosque was inside the building at the time of the explosion. He said:

There was huge disruption and somebody told me that there had been an explosion.

We immediately investigated and alerted police. We tried to remain calm as we weren't sure what was going on.

It happened just after one o'clock which on a Friday is the busiest time of the day for our mosque usually.

If it wasn't Ramadan there would be at least 200 people here but thankfully at the time there were only a handful of people and everybody escaped without injury.

If what I'm hearing is correct and it was a targeted attack you can't help but feel unsafe, worried for your friends, family and your own life.

– Mushtaq Hussain, chairman of the Kanzul Iman Mosque

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