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Police: Suspect detained after stabbing at London mosque

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British police say a man has been stabbed at one of London's main mosques.

The Metropolitan Police force says officers were called Thursday afternoon to the London Central Mosque near Regent's Park.

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The force said officers found one man with stab wounds and paramedics treated him at the scene before he was taken to a hospital. There was no immediate word on his condition.

Police said another man was arrested at the mosque on suspicion of attempted murder.

On Twitter, mosque-goers posted images police holding a man down on the mosque floor.

Witnesses said the injured man was the mosque's muezzin, the person who calls Muslims to prayers.

 

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First Published: Feb 20 2020 | 9:58 PM IST

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