UK Mosques targeted by 100 hate attacks since killing of Lee Rigby

UK mosques have been targeted by 100 hate attacks since the death of Lee Rigby, new figures show.

UK mosques have been targeted by 100 hate attacks since the death of Lee Rigby, new figures show.

Tell MAMA, the national anti-Muslim hate monitoring group, said there was a spike in reported attacks in the months after the death of the fusilier in May 2013 – with 43 from then until the rest of the year.

There were 21 the following year, followed by 24 in 2015 and 12 up until September this year.

The three main categories of anti-Muslim incident involved criminal damage to mosques, vandalism and actions involving violent extremism.

The attacks were mostly clustered in areas where there are high concentrations of Muslims and mosques in the United Kingdom.