LONDON, July 10: Suspected arsonists set a mosque in northwestern England on fire on Saturday, police said. A man living in a flat above the Shahjalal Mosque, which is part of an Islamic centre in Birkenhead, was treated for smoke inhalation but there were no other injuries, police said.
The mosque door was burnt and there was some smoke damage inside, a Merseyside police spokesman said.
He declined to comment on reports that a petrol bomb was used. —AFP