Bomb found outside Mosque
Counter-terror police have been drafted in to help with a major hate crime investigation after a small home-made bomb exploded near a mosque in Walsall.
Counter-terror police have been drafted in to help with a major hate crime investigation after a small home-made bomb exploded near a mosque in Walsall.
West Midlands Police has confirmed that the suspicious package found at a mosque in Walsall is a bomb.
The force is taking this attack against the mosque very seriously and we have a major investigation underway.
At this stage we are keeping an open mind on a motive, but have recorded it as a hate crime.
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