Urgent hunt for man who ‘pulled out gun’ in terrifying mosque ambush

POLICE person launched a hunt for a gunman this day aft helium allegedly charged a mosque.

The thug is believed to person pulled the limb portion approaching a assemblage emerging from the gathering aft day prayers.

According to cops, a brace of men connected bikes roadworthy towards the Al Rahma Mosque successful Toxteth, Merseyside astatine astir 2pm today.

One of them past reportedly dismounted and ran astatine different brace of men.

The terrified bystanders fled into the mosque, portion the antheral chasing them stopped successful beforehand of the building.

He past seemingly pulled retired a weapon earlier walking backmost to his motorcycle and making disconnected successful the absorption of Grafton Street.

No shots were fired and cipher was injured, constabulary confirmed.

Senior officers confirmed that patrols person been accrued successful the country and that house-to-house enquiries are being carried out.

Detective Superintendent Steve Reardon of Merseyside Police said: "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.

"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."

The unit is appealing for immoderate witnesses, arsenic good arsenic dashcam, CCTV and video doorbell footage.

You tin taxable immoderate study to the unit connected 111 oregon by DM'ing @MerPolCC connected societal media.

Alternatively, you tin taxable accusation anonymously by calling Crimestoppers connected 0800 555 111, quoting notation 0480 of November 22.