Explosion at third mosque

Police have issued a new appeal for witnesses to the mosque bomb blasts as they continue to question two men in connection with the attacks.

There have been three bombs left at mosques in the Black Country.

West Midlands Police counter terrorism officers have been given more time to question two men who have been detained in connection with the three explosions near mosques in the

Black Country.

The men aged 25 and 22 were arrested in Small Heath on Thursday and were detained under the Terrorism Act.

The extension was granted by Westminster Magistrates Court and now gives officers seven days to question the Ukrainian nationals.

West Midlands Police are asking for anyone who may have seen someone acting suspiciously at the time an explosion is thought to have taken place near a Wolverhampton mosque to come forward.

Read the reaction from community members following the mosque's evacuation.

Police have confirmed they have found evidence of an explosion and debris near a mosque in Wolverhampton.

The debris was found on Fiveways roundabout which has been declared safe. A forensics team will remain at the site today.

Nothing was found at the Wolverhampton central mosque on Waterloo Road which has now been re-opened.

Read the reaction from community members following the mosque's evacuation.

A man who was at a Wolverhampton mosque which was evacuated after what is thought to have been an explosive device was found has spoken of the community's shock.

Officers said yesterday information was received regarding a "possible device activation" on 28th June at Wolverhampton Central Mosque on Waterloo Road.

Roads have been re-opened after a terror alert at a mosque in Wolverhampton last night.

Army bomb disposal teams were called to Waterloo Road after it emerged an explosive device may have been left there.

Officers say it follows new information obtained as part of the investigation into explosions near mosques in Walsall and Tipton.

The mosque is still closed off.

Police cordons are in place in Wolverhampton tonight as a result of an investigation at Central Mosque. The following roads are closed.

Police say cordons have been reduced with Five Ways Island now at the centre of a 20m cordon. The investigation is linked to the terror attacks on mosques in Walsall last month and in Tipton last week.

• Dunstall Avenue
• Dunstall Hill
• Dunstall Road
• Waterloo Road
• North Road