The West Midlands Police have reported that Mohammed Abbkr, 28, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after he doused two people in fluid and set it on fire outside mosques in London and Birmingham.

The most recent attack took place on Monday, when Mohammed Rayaz, 70, was lit on fire as he was walking home from Dudley Road Mosque Birmingham, according to the Daily Mail. Rayaz is reported to still be in the hospital with serious burns.

Abbkr is reportedly from Sudan, and he is set to appear before a Crown court on April 20.

There was some speculation after the incidents that the violence was a result of Islamophobia, but a motive for the two attacks have not yet been reported.

The attack happened just three weeks after a similar incident took place in Ealing, 120 miles away from where Rayaz was attacked. In Ealing, an 82-year-old was set aflame outside the West London Islamic Centre, according to the report.



Abbkr has been charged with two counts of attempted murder following the two incidents.

A spokesman for the West Midlands Police said: “We continue to ask anyone with CCTV, ring doorbell footage or video footage that could help our investigation to send this to us directly.”

“This was a joint investigation between West Midlands Police, Counter Terrorism Policing and the Metropolitan Police.”