Mohammed Abbkr, a paranoid schizophrenic, has been handed an indefinite hospital order after he doused and set alight two elderly worshippers in separate attacks in London and Birmingham. The attacks left 82-year-old Hashi Odowa and 70-year-old Mohammed Rayaz with severe physical injuries and lasting mental trauma.
A man who set fire to two worshippers as they walked home from mosques in London and Birmingham has been given a hospital order.
Our officers recognised him from CCTV and arrested him when they spotted him the day after the Birmingham attack.
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Abbkr, 29, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, attacked the victims as they were leaving their local mosques, 120 miles apart. He claimed that he believed people possessed by evil spirits were controlling him through magic.
