Police and members of the community have attended Friday prayers at the Slade Road Mosque in Birmingham after the buildings windows were vandalised this week.

The West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit was working with police after five mosques in Birmingham had their windows smashed in a "despicable act" on Thursday.

The motive is unknown but a series of suspected Islamophobic hate crimes have blighted the UK following the massacre of 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand by a suspected right-wing extremist.

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Dack Dromey, Labour MP for Erdington, speaks before Friday prayers at the Slade Road Mosque, Birmingham. (Aaron Chown PA)

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Police presence at the Slade Road Mosque, Birmingham for Friday prayers. (Aaron Chown PA)

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