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Windows smashed at Preston’s Jamea Masjid mosque
Posted on - 30th April, 2016 - 3:30pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Avenham, Crime, Preston News
Windows of the mosque show signs of damage, and a brick found nearby
A mosque in Preston has seen two windows smashed.
AdvertisementThe incident on Thursday night at Jamea Masjid saw glass smashed inside and outside the mosque.
The building in Clarendon Street, Frenchwood, is the largest and oldest mosque in the city.
It was the former St James Vicarage and was converted in 1965.
Related: Fulwood mosque hosts open day for the public
Preston Police are understood to be investigating the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101.
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