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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/teenagers-held-over-mosque-attack.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Four teenagers have been arrested over an arson attack on a mosque" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-teenagers-held-over-mosque-attack.jpg" alt="Four teenagers have been arrested over an arson attack on a mosque"/></a></p>
<p>Four teenagers have been arrested by police investigating an arson attack on a mosque in which a gas main was damaged.</p>
<p>Staffordshire Police said three men and a woman, all aged in their late teens, had been detained in connection with the fire at the newly-built mosque in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.</p>
<p>Emergency services were alerted to the blaze, which is being treated as a racist attack, at around 6.30am on Friday after smoke was seen coming from the building.</p>
<p>Confirming the arrests, a police spokesman said the three local men and a local woman were in custody and were to be questioned by detectives.</p>
<p>Officers are conducting a review of CCTV footage from the local area and are also making house-to-house inquiries around the Regent Road mosque. Detectives have said they are investigating a link between damage to a nearby gas main and the fire at the mosque, which suffered no structural damage.</p>
<p>Chief Inspector Wayne Jones said: &#8220;Local neighbourhood police officers are meeting with members of the community to keep them informed and to address their concerns and obvious anger about this criminal incident.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are treating this incident as a racist attack on a religious building.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Jones added: &#8220;I am sure the community are as appalled as we are at this behaviour. I would appeal for anyone with information to come forward.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mohammed Pervez, the leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, urged anyone with information about the fire to come forward as soon as possible. He said: &#8220;This is a very serious incident. City Council officers are working closely with the police to assist them in their inquiries.&#8221;</p>
<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Stoke-on-Trent CID on 0300 123 44 55 or the Crimestoppers service, where information can be given anonymously, on 0800 555 111.</p>
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