The chilling moment an arsonist targeted a family home in a suspected hate-crime attack
manchestereveningnews.co.ukUsing a blow torch an arsonist tries to set fire to a family home. The chilling attack was caught on film and is being treated by police as a suspected hate-crime.
The terrifying moment just before midnight on Sunday came after a spate of incidents in which the home of Mohammed Usman Hameed has been targeted since late last year.
The campaign began in November when the Star of David was daubed on his garden wall. He believes his home was targeted after he displayed Palestinian flags in his window.
Mohammed, 35, lives in the property in Prestwich with his wife, two young children, and members of his extended family. "Since November we have had several incidents - graffiti three or four times on my property, and on a guest's car who parked outside my house - a line of spray paint was put across the whole car in the middle of the night.
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