He was arrested following an investigation involving counter-terrorism police. (Representational)
London:
UK police on Thursday charged a 28-year-old man with the tried murders of two aged males who had been set on hearth after they left mosques, in separate assaults.
West Midlands Police mentioned Mohammed Abbkr, 28, from Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England, would seem on the metropolis’s magistrates court docket.
He was arrested on Tuesday following an investigation involving counter-terrorism police and stays in custody.
Abbkr allegedly sprayed a substance on the 2 males outdoors or close to mosques that they had attended after which set them alight, in incidents in west London on February 27 and Birmingham on Monday.
The sufferer within the assault within the British capital, who was handled for extreme burns to his face and arms, was 82 years previous.
The perpetrator engaged him in dialog earlier than dousing him in what’s believed to be petrol and setting him on hearth, based on police.
Within the Birmingham assault, Mohammed Rayaz, 70, was set on hearth as he walked residence from a mosque within the Edgbaston space of metropolis on Monday night.
He stays in hospital with extreme accidents.
Police are interesting for safety digital camera, doorbell footage or different video that would assist the investigation.
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