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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Son of man set on fire near mosque says Met Police could have prevented tragedy

The son of a man who was set on fire as he left a Birmingham mosque says he believes his father’s attack could have been prevented had the Metropolitan Police acted more quickly.

Mohammed Abbkr, 29, was on Wednesday given an indefinite hospital order after being found guilty last year of attempting to murder Hashi Odowa, 82, in Ealing and 70-year-old Mohammed Rayaz in Edgbaston three weeks later.

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