The fishy is successful custody arsenic constabulary analyse the incident.

18:50, Sat, Feb 1, 2025 | UPDATED: 18:51, Sat, Feb 1, 2025

The antheral was allegedly burning a Quran

A antheral has been arrested connected suspicion of a racially aggravated nationalist bid offence (Image: X)

A antheral has been arrested connected suspicion of a racially aggravated nationalist bid offence aft a Quran was allegedly burned successful cardinal Manchester connected Saturday.

The suspect, 47, was taken into custody by constabulary aft the incidental adjacent the Glade of Light memorial.

The memorial commemorates the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena violent attack.

The incidental was live-streamed connected societal media. 

Greater Manchester Police said successful a statement: "At astir 2:45pm contiguous (Saturday 1 February 2025) we arrested a 47-year-old antheral connected suspicion of a racially aggravated nationalist bid offence pursuing an incidental successful the metropolis centre astatine the Glade of Light memorial.

The incidental occurred adjacent the Glade of Light memorial

The incidental occurred adjacent the Glade of Light memorial (Image: Getty)

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"He remains successful custody presently for questioning.

"Anyone with further accusation is asked to telephone 101 quoting incidental 3713 of 31/01/2025."

Assistant Chief Constable Stephanie Parker said, “We recognize the heavy interest this volition origin wrong immoderate of our divers communities and are alert of a unrecorded video circulating.

“We made a swift apprehension astatine the clip and recognise the close radical person for state of expression, but erstwhile this crosses into intimidation to origin harm oregon distress we volition ever look to instrumentality enactment erstwhile it is reported to us.”

This comes conscionable days aft an anti-Islam activistic who burned a Quran was changeable dormant successful Sweden. 

Salwan Momika, who acceptable occurrence to an Islamic beatified publication successful 2023, died successful an flat adjacent the capital, Stockholm.