An extremist far-right organisation has announced plans to stage a demonstration against plans for a new mosque in Perth.
The Scottish Defence League want to protest the £1 million development at the city’s Jeanfield Road.
The scheme was given the go ahead by planning chiefs, despite opposition from residents who said it could lead to major traffic problems.
Police Scotland said it was aware of the protest, planned for September. “Appropriate resources will be in place to ensure that our obligations to facilitate peaceful protest are met and to ensure that the event passes safely,” a spokeswoman said.
In a social media post, the group states: “Local residents are furious that their objections have been ignored, the original planning application was for a 80 capacity mosque but the traitor council approved it for 600 in secret behind the local residents backs.”
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