West Midlands Police investigate racist attack on local Birmingham Islamic centre

Police want more information after racist graffiti was sprayed onto an Islamic community and education centre in Kingstanding, Birmingham.

The incident happened at the Jami Community and Education Centre on Kettlehouse Road, Kingstanding in the early hours of yesterday morning (Wednesday, April 1).

West Midlands Police has said that ‘due to the nature of the graffiti, we are treating this as racially / religiously aggravated criminal damage’.

Supt Haroon Chughtai, from Birmingham Police, said: “We simply don’t tolerate any form of racist or hateful graffiti, and we are working at pace to find whoever was responsible.

“Any attempt to spread hatred in Birmingham is deplorable.

“I would urge anyone with information, or footage – including CCTV, dashcam, and doorbell video – to please get in touch with us.”

West Midlands Police said that it takes “all form of hate crime seriously, and every report of it made to us is investigated as we work to bring offenders to justice”.

The Police’s neighbourhood officers said that they are in contact with worshippers and leaders at the mosque.

If you have any information about this incident, call 101 or speak to us via Live Chat on our website quoting crime reference number 20/198964/26.