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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matthew Cooper and Matt Watts

Attacker who set fire to mosque worshippers given indefinite hospital order

A mentally ill man who set light to elderly worshippers as they made their way home from mosques in London and Birmingham has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

Mohammed Abbkr was found guilty last year by majority 11-1 verdicts of attempting to murder Hashi Odowa, 82, in Ealing and 70-year-old Mohammed Rayaz in Edgbaston three weeks later.

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