Man walking home from mosque set on fire
A man has been set alight while walking home from a mosque in Birmingham.He was walking home from a mosque in Dudley Road when, West Midlands Police believes, another man approached him and spoke to him briefly.
The injured man was taken to hospital with burns to his face which are not thought to be life threatening. Supt James Spencer said: "Our officers have been working through the night to establish what happened and who is responsible. In a joint statement, the city council's leader Ian Ward, cabinet member for community safety John Cotton and ward councillors Sharon Thompson and Marcus Bernasconi called it a "horrific attack".
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