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11-13-2004, 09:10 AM
Mosque set on fire in Netherlands
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Inside the burnt-out mosque in Helden
Police said the mosque was too badly damaged to be usable
A fire has badly damaged a mosque in the Netherlands, in what may be the latest in a series of arson attacks.
Police said the small wooden mosque, in the south-eastern village of Helden, near the German border, had caught light early on Saturday.
They said it was not immediately clear if arsonists were behind the attack.
There have been more than 20 incidents of fires or vandalism at Muslim buildings since the murder of the controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh.
Tensions high
There has also been a string of retaliatory attacks on Christian churches.
A police spokeswoman in Helden said the mosque was now unusable as most of it had burnt down. No-one was hurt in the fire.
Continued - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4008781.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40522000/jpg/_40522409_heldeninside_ap203body.jpg
Inside the burnt-out mosque in Helden
Police said the mosque was too badly damaged to be usable
A fire has badly damaged a mosque in the Netherlands, in what may be the latest in a series of arson attacks.
Police said the small wooden mosque, in the south-eastern village of Helden, near the German border, had caught light early on Saturday.
They said it was not immediately clear if arsonists were behind the attack.
There have been more than 20 incidents of fires or vandalism at Muslim buildings since the murder of the controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh.
Tensions high
There has also been a string of retaliatory attacks on Christian churches.
A police spokeswoman in Helden said the mosque was now unusable as most of it had burnt down. No-one was hurt in the fire.
Continued - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4008781.stm