Police say they are treating a late-night blaze damaging a mosque as a hate crime - with footage capturing the moment a suspected arsonist started the fire.
The front entrance to the mosque in Peaceheaven in East Sussex - six miles east along the coast from Brighton - was damaged along with a vehicle parked outside.
Sussex Police said in a statement they were called to reports of an arson attack in Phyllis Avenue just before 10pm on Saturday.
They confirmed the incident, in which no one was injured, was being treated as a hate crime.
Video appeared to show a man in a black jacket at the entrance to the Peacehaven mosque seconds before the flames erupted.
