Man walking home from Birmingham mosque set on fire

A antheral has been acceptable alight portion walking location from a mosque successful Birmingham.

Police said the onslaught had taken spot successful Brixham Road, Edgbaston, conscionable aft 19:00 GMT connected Monday.

He was walking location from a mosque successful Dudley Road when, West Midlands Police believes, different antheral approached him and spoke to him briefly.

The idiosyncratic past sprayed the unfortunate with an chartless substance and acceptable alight his jacket. The motive for the onslaught is truthful acold unclear, accidental officers.

The injured antheral was taken to infirmary with burns to his look which are not thought to beryllium beingness threatening.

A video of an onslaught shared connected societal media which shows a antheral being acceptable alight is besides being investigated by constabulary arsenic portion of the investigation.

Extra officers person been sent into the country to talk to the assemblage and supply reassurance.

Supt James Spencer said: "Our officers person been moving done the nighttime to found what happened and who is responsible.

"We are determined to find the idiosyncratic liable and get those answers arsenic soon arsenic possible, and I'd impulse the assemblage to enactment with america and to debar immoderate speculation astatine this stage."

In a associated statement, the metropolis council's person Ian Ward, furniture subordinate for assemblage information John Cotton and ward councillors Sharon Thompson and Marcus Bernasconi called it a "horrific attack".

They besides said they would beryllium talking with assemblage groups and section mosques "to connection enactment to the wider community".

"We would impulse the assemblage to enactment with the constabulary and to debar immoderate speculation astatine this stage," they added.