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Police Believe Firebomb Attack on Family Home Was Deliberately Targeted
Police say the firebomb attack was targeted, and no one was injured as officers seek CCTV, dashcam footage and witnesses.
- On Wednesday, June 10, a masked individual firebombed the Eastgrove Avenue home of Imam Hassan Patel in Bolton at approximately 21:20 BST. Patel, his wife, four children, and nephew escaped the blaze uninjured.
- Greater Manchester Police are investigating after CCTV footage captured a masked person pouring liquid on the property and throwing a lit object through a window. Officers believe the incident was a targeted attack.
- Umair Yusuf, 19, described how his family used buckets of water to extinguish the flames before firefighters arrived. Neighbors gathered on the street to support the family, who remain "devastated by the serious and callous arson attack."
- Detective Chief Inspector Mike Sharples urged anyone with information to contact police quoting log 3561, while Councillor Hamid Khurram of Bolton Council condemned the "distressing incident" despite police not treating it as a hate crime.
- Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi stated that "Islamophobia has no place in Bolton," while critics noted police refusal to classify similar mosque arsons as racially motivated, citing a £30,000 attack on a Stockport mosque.
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Masked man carries out arson attack on UK imam’s home
LONDON: Police in the UK are hunting a masked man who carried out an arson attack on the family home of an imam in northern England. Hassan Patel, principal for Islamic education at the Taiyabah Masjid in Bolton, released a security camera video showing the terrifying moment the front of his house was covered in flames. A masked man is seen starting a fire outside the home
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38% Center
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