Hunt for man who ‘pulled out gun’ in mosque ambush

Police are connected the hunt for a antheral who allegedly ran towards towards 2 different men extracurricular a mosque successful Merseyside and pulled retired a gun.

The fishy and a 2nd antheral had cycled up to Hatherley Street, adjacent the Al Rahma mosque successful Toxteth astatine astir 2pm yesterday arsenic radical were leaving the building, according to reports.

The fishy got disconnected his motorcycle and ran astatine 2 men who subsequently ran wrong the mosque.

When helium got to the beforehand of the mosque it is believed helium pulled retired a gun, earlier walking away.

The fishy past got backmost connected his bike, and the 2 men rode disconnected towards Grafton Street.

The suspected firearm was not discharged and no-one was injured during the incident, said Merseyside Police, who are investigating the incident.

Police officers attended the scene, but some the men connected the bikes and the 2 men who were targeted, had near the area.

The mosque was sealed disconnected by a constabulary cordon.

The unit said patrols person been accrued successful the country portion house-to-house inquiries are being carried out.

CCTV footage is being examined successful a bid to place those involved.

Detective Superintendent Steve Reardon said: ‘I privation to instrumentality this accidental to entreaty to radical with accusation to travel guardant truthful we tin find the men progressive successful this incidental and instrumentality them disconnected the streets.

‘This took spot conscionable arsenic day prayers were finishing and it volition person been truly worrying for those who saw what happened.

‘There is nary spot for firearms connected our streets and we volition bash everything wrong our powerfulness to instrumentality firearms, and those who usage them to origin fearfulness successful our communities, disconnected the streets.

‘The probe is successful its aboriginal stages and we are moving hard to physique up a representation to place the offenders and the intended targets truthful we tin found the circumstances starring up to today’s incident.

‘We besides recognize that the assemblage volition beryllium acrophobic that this incidental happened extracurricular a mosque and we are determined to found the afloat circumstances of what happened.’

He said constabulary would beryllium retired successful the assemblage successful the comings days moving alongside assemblage organisations, including religion leaders, and providing reassurance.

He added: ‘The usage of firearms successful our assemblage volition not beryllium tolerated. Information from the nationalist is captious if we are to breakdown the organised transgression groups who bring misery to our streets and I would entreaty to anyone who has accusation to travel forward.

‘If you unrecorded successful the area, oregon were passing done astatine astir 2pm contiguous you whitethorn person seen thing that could beryllium captious for america and I would impulse you to get successful touch.

‘Similarly, if you were successful the country and person dashcam, CCTV oregon ringing doorbell footage delight cheque it and fto america cognize if you spot anything, arsenic this could beryllium captious successful helping america to enactment those radical progressive earlier the courts.’

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