West Midlands mosque alert treated as hate crime By The Courier Reporter June 24 2013, 9:04am June 24 2013, 9:04am Share West Midlands mosque alert treated as hate crime Share via Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Messenger Email Post link https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/203094/west-midlands-mosque-alert-treated-as-hate-crime/ Copy Link Forensic officers outside the mosque in Walsall. A suspicious package found near a West Midlands mosque was a small home-made explosive device, police have said. About 150 people were evacuated from homes around the mosque in Rutter Street, Walsall, after bomb disposal experts were called to the scene. The item was found on Friday evening but police were not called until it was taken inside by a member of the public on Saturday. Police said they were treating the incident as a hate crime. No threats were made to the mosque and police are “keeping options open”. Superintendent Keith Fraser said detectives were pursuing a “number of lines of inquiry”.
