Man carrying axe and hammer detained on Tuesday, with man in 20s arrested on Thursday
A second suspect has been arrested after reports of a man armed with an axe entering a Manchester mosque during Ramadan prayers.
Police were called to Manchester Central Mosque on Tuesday evening after reports that a man had entered. Weapons, including a hammer and an axe, were found on him.
A white man in his 50s was arrested at the scene on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and class B drugs.
Greater Manchester police had been continuing to search for a black man who was reported to be acting suspiciously in the mosque at the same time. On Thursday, officers said they had arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a section 18 assault.
