A Muslim surgeon who volunteered in treating victims of the Manchester bomb attack in May has become a victim of a suspected hate crime after being stabbed from behind with a knife as he walked into Altrincham Islamic Centre in Hale, Cheshire just before 6pm on Sunday. Police later made two arrests and said they were treating the incident as a hate crime. Kurdy said, ahead of giving a police statement, that he could not say what his attacker said to him, but was in “no doubt” he was attacked because he was entering the Islamic Centre. “There needs to be acknowledgement that hate crimes against Muslims are on the increase and they are becoming more physical. Harun Khan, secretary general of the MCB, said on Sunday: “We are shocked to hear of the stabbing of a prominent Muslim surgeon outside Altrincham mosque today in what the Greater Manchester Police have described as a hate crime.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 26, 2017 09:33 UTC