Friday, October 20, 2006

Four assaulted in mosque attack

By Ken Tan,
WNS Longman Correspondent

LONGMAN - Two men have been arrested after four men were attacked at a mosque. Linapore Police have appealed for calm following the incident on Friday morning at Goodwood mosque. One man was discharged after hospital treatment and three others were only slightly hurt, police said.

A 33-year-old man from Longman and a 25-year-old man from Cambridge, were arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated assault. A police spokeman said, "Linapore Police take crimes of this nature extremely seriously and a thorough investigation is currently under way. The police is appealing to members of the local community in and around Longman to remain calm, behave responsibly and let police deal with the incident and those responsible for it."

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