Arrest after 'shot fired' outside York Mosque - as it happened
A man has been arrested after a shot was reportedly fired outside York Mosque and remains in police custody. An air rifle has been recovered by…
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- A man has been arrested after a shot was reportedly fired outside York Mosque.
- The mosque was closed for a number of hours this morning (July 30) and reopened a lunchtime.
- No one was injured after the alleged weapon, an air rifle, was reportedly fired at around 2.20am, North Yorkshire Police says.
- MP calls for people to "draw together" as a community.
- The president of York Mosque says a member of the mosque contacted police after they “noticed suspicious activity and heard what appeared to be a shooting”.
- Police say a 44-year-old York man, described as a white UK national, was arrested following the alleged incident and remains in custody.
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