Two men have been arrested after five mosques had their windows smashed in Birmingham on Thursday, West Midlands Police said.
One of the shocking moments was caught on CCTV as a yob smashes up the windows of a mosque in Birmingham in a late-night rampage.
The mosque targeted was the Masjid Faizul Islam in Broadway, Perry Barr and it was one of five in the city to be vandalised last night, with anti-terror officers now investigating.
Muslim worshippers in the city say they are afraid to take their children to prayers following the attacks, which took place less than a week after the Christchurch massacre.
The video footage shows a man wearing a hat with his face covered as he walks towards the mosque in the early hours. He is carrying an object in his hand, thought to be a hammer, and uses it to smash a window of the mosque.
A mosque in Birmingham had its windows smashed up by a yob who kept his face covered
The police forensic team at work at the mosque and community centre on Albert Road had its windows smashed
Five mosques in the city were attacked in total last night. They are on Albert Road, Birchfield Road, Slade Road, the Broadway and Witton Road in the city.
A concerned parent told Sky News that he no longer 'felt safe taking his five year old to prayers'.
The attack at the Witton Road Islamic Centre in Witton, saw seven windows and two doors smashed up.
The mosque's imam says that the attack took place between 1.30am and 2am with West Midlands Police saying they were alerted to the other attacks throughout the night.
Police were called to the mosque on Birchfield Road at 2.32am before realising that the attack had happened earlier.
Volunteers work on fixing the damaged windows at the Witton Road Islamic centre in Birmingham after it was attacked last night
A mosque on the corner of Fentham Road and Birchfield Road in Birmingham that had its windows smashed with a sledgehammer
Anxious worshippers look at the mosque in Perry Barr, Birmingham after its damaged windows were boarded up
At 3.14am, they were alerted to a similar attack at the mosque on Slade Road, Erdington.
They then began patrols in areas with mosques and came across the other damaged buildings.
Forensic officers are working to identify evidence, and CCTV is being examined.
Footage of the damaged Witton mosque was posted online by Labour party Councillor for the Bromford and Hodge Hill ward, Majid Mahmood.
Worshippers inspect the damage done to the Witton mosque during last night's rampage
He tweeted: 'Unfortunately the Witton Road Islamic Centre was attacked overnight by an individual who used a sledgehammer to break the windows.
'I said last week that Muslims were afraid after the terrorist attacks in Christchurch.
'We need support in Brum.'
His words were echoed by the Imam of Witton Islamic Centre.
Sharafat Ali, 66, told Birmingham Live: 'Its terrible, the community is shocked because of what's happened in New Zealand.
The mosque's imam Sharafat Ali, 66 is now calling for more police protection ahead of Friday prayers
Four attacks were confirmed by police this morning, before a fifth one was discovered later in the day
'We've been here for 30 years. In the morning you get 40 worshippers for morning prayer, on Friday you get about two to three hundred.
'This doesn't happen in Aston.
'Tomorrow is Friday prayers and I don't know what's going up happen.
'We are asking the police to give us more security.'
Home Secretary Sajid Javid tweeted: 'Deeply concerning and distressing to see number of mosques have been vandalised in Birmingham overnight. @WMPolice are investigating motive but let me be clear - hateful behaviour has absolutely no place in our society & will never be accepted.'
Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson tweeted: 'I'm deeply saddened and disturbed by the attacks that have taken place on mosques across Birmingham in the early hours of this morning.
Footage showed the moment the Masjid Faizul Islam mosque (pictured) had its windows smashed
The motive for the vandalism is unclear, with anti-terror police now investigating the overnight attacks
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