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Graffiti attack on Stoke mosque ahead of race rally

A mosque in Stoke-on-Trent was sprayed with graffiti referring to an upcoming English Defence League rally.

Mosque administrators discovered the daubed message at 0630 GMT on Saturday and had removed it within two hours.

Staffordshire Police said a criminal damage investigation was under way into the incident in the Normacot area.

A police spokesman said: "The community haven't reacted to it, so it hasn't achieved what the person who did it wanted to achieve."

An English Defence League rally in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday resulted in three people being charged with race offences.



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