Leeds City Council offers reassurance to Leeds Muslims following Manchester mosque arrest

The Leader of Leeds City Council, Councillor James Lewis, and the executive member for communities, customer service, and community safety, Councillor Asghar Khan, said: “We understand any incident in a mosque will be of great concern to Muslim communities across Leeds, particularly during the holy month of Ramadan.

“We have spoken to senior police colleagues and have been reassured that dedicated resources have been allocated to patrol mosques and faith sites across the city. Each neighbourhood policing area is providing a dedicated uniformed officer in a marked vehicle to patrol sites within their respective Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) areas.

“From a community intelligence perspective, police colleagues are also encouraging the reporting of any suspicious or concerning activity. This will be logged and be reviewed daily by the on-duty NPT Inspector.

 “Please be assured that this is being taken extremely seriously across the city and we remain fully supportive of all our communities.”

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General advice on the reporting of hate crime or incidents can be found here: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/antisocial-behaviour-and-crime/report-a-hate-crime-or-incident