Day: August 17, 2018

    Armed police were deployed after ball bearings were fired at two mosques in Birmingham from what is thought to be a heavy duty catapult. The attacks come days after 29-year-old Salih Khater, who is from the city, was arrested after a car collided with cyclists and pedestrians and crashed into a security barrier in Westminster. Officers were called to the Masjid Qamarul Islam mosque on Fosbrooke Road, Small Heath, at around 10pm on Wednesday, and to the Al-Hijrah mosque on Hob Moor Road 20 minutes later. West Midlands Police said it had recovered some ball bearings which smashed windows during evening prayers. They appeared to have been fired from a substantial catapult, officers added. Police are patrolling the area to reassure residents, and say a motive is uncle...

    Salih Khater taken from his Facebook page. Khater, a 29-year-old British citizen of Sudanese origin, was arrested at the scene of the Tuesday Aug. 14, 2018 car crash outside the Houses of Parliament on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, police said. Khater, a British citizen originally from Sudan, was arrested Tuesday after striking cyclists The older brother of the Westminster terror suspect has said he is 100 per cent sure he is innocent. Mustafa Khater, 33, said his younger brother Salih had never been radicalised' but admitted he had been struggling following the death of their father and brother last year. Mr Khater, who is still living in Sudan, said: 'Salih is a sincere kid, all his aims in life are studying, finis...