Arson attack on mosque in Berlin
Another mosque frequented by the Turkish community in Germany was attacked on Friday.
A mosque in Berlin has been set on fire by masked assailants in the early hours of Sunday morning. Â
“Witnesses told us that three assailants with covered faces threw burning material and immediately ran away,” said Bayram Turk, the head of the mosque association.
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This attacks comes only a few days after another mosque frequented by the Turkish community in Germany was attacked on Friday.Â
Turkish Community in GermanyÂ
On Friday, the Aksemsettin Mosque – belonging to the Muslim-Turkish association Islamic Community National View (IGMG) – in the town of Lauffen am Neckar was also attacked.
Germany has a three million-strong Turkish community, many of whom are second and third-generation German-born citizens of Turkish descent whose grandparents moved to the country during the 1960s.