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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ted Hennessey

Man who burned Koran was attacked and spat at, court told

A man who burned a Koran outside the Turkish Consulate in central London was attacked and spat on by a man who told him not to do so because “it’s my religion”, a court heard.

Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “f*** Islam”, “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Koran is burning” as he held the flaming Islamic text aloft outside the Turkish consulate in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, on February 13, Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told.

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