UK: Muslim Boy, 14, critical after being stabbed outside mosque in Birmingham

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Man arrested in connection with attack – one of several incidents in four cities that have left left two dead and several injured

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | UK desk
Source/Credit: The Guardian
By Nicola Slawson | September 30, 2017

A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy outside a mosque in Birmingham.

The attack, which left the teenager in a critical condition, was one of several violent incidents in four cities that left two people dead and several others injured on Friday night and the early hours of Saturday.
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Police said the teenager suffered several stab wounds in the attack in the Small Heath area shortly after 1am on Saturday and was taken to hospital by paramedics. A cordon has been put in place at the scene in Herbert Road while specialist teams carry out forensic investigations.

The incident occurred when the boy was dropped off at the Idaara Maarif-e-Islam mosque, commonly known as Hussainia, by his father, who went to park the car.

Azhar Kiana, the president of the mosque, told the Birmingham Mail: “It happened on the pavement. By the time the dad parked his car his son was on the floor. There was a young man who was brutally beating the boy with a knife.

“There was blood everywhere, he was hitting the boy’s neck and head. Then the attacker ran off and got into a car.”
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Police said they were not treating the attack as a terrorist incident but the motivation remained unclear. One line of inquiry was that the incident could have been a racially motivated hate crime.
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Amjad Shah, general secretary of Hussainia mosque, confirmed that the boy was a member of their congregation.


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