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Bomb police bail 75-year-old

A 75-year-old man arrested on suspicion of causing an explosion likely to endanger life or damage property after a homemade explosive was found near to a mosque in Walsall last weekend has been released on bail, West Midlands Police said.

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Police treat suspicious item near mosque as hate crime

Bomb disposal experts were called to the mosque following the discovery of the suspicious item Credit: ITV News

West Midland Police have confirmed they are treating the discovery of a suspicious item near a mosque in Walsall as a hate crime.

Superintendant Keith Fraser said "the incident was being treated as hate crime but the motive for placing the item near a mosque remained unclear".

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