A second man is arrested by British detectives investigating a fire attack on a mosque in Gloucester.<\/p>\n
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A second man has been arrested by British detectives investigating a fire attack on a mosque in Gloucester.\n<\/p>\n
According to reports, no one was injured in the arson attack, but the mosque\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s door suffered light fire damage after the fire service was called to the scene in Ryecroft Street at around 12.50am on Tuesday local time.\n<\/p>\n
Police forces reviewed CCTV images that showed a man pouring petrol around the door then setting a rag on fire and using it to ignite the fuel.\n<\/p>\n
The man returned to a dark car, believed to be a BMW or Mercedes, and was driven away by a second offender, media reports said.\n<\/p>\n
Officers first arrested a 37-year-old man from Gloucester in connection with the attack and then they arrested a 20-year-old man from Cheltenham on Tuesday evening on suspicion of arson. The two men are now in police custody.\n<\/p>\n
“Gloucester has a wonderfully diverse and welcoming community and I know people will be upset and angry about this. In recent weeks I’ve been buoyed by the fact we haven’t seen any of the tensions there have been elsewhere in the country,\u201d Richard Burge, chief inspector for Gloucester said.\n<\/p>\n
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