LONDON: Police were investigating on Monday what they called a hate crime after a mosque was set on fire in an English coastal town.
Emergency services responded to reports of a fire at the Peacehaven Mosque at around 9:45 p.m. (2245 GMT) on Saturday.
The front entrance of the mosque and a vehicle parked outside were damaged, but no one was injured, according to Sussex Police.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack. Starmer’s spokesperson said that the prime minister was “appalled by the arson attack in Peacehaven.”
Footage from the incident, released on Sunday by police, shows two balaclava-clad people approach the front door of the mosque, before spraying accelerant on the entrance and igniting a fire.
