Worshipper fighting for life after hit-and-run outside Leicester mosque
A teenage boy was also taken to hospital after being struck by the vehicle at 1am.
A worshipper is fighting for his life after an alleged hit and run outside a mosque in Leicester.
A teenage boy was also struck by the vehicle after Taraweeh, or prayers made during the month of Ramadan.
Police say they are not treating the incident as terror-related.
The Masjid At-Taqwa Leicester mosque said that one of its worshippers was fighting for life after a vehicle rammed into him at 1am on Thursday morning.
On their Facebook page they wrote: ‘Last night after Taraweeh, one of the brothers who prayed with us was the victim of a hit and run just outside the masjid.
‘He is fighting for his life, and we implore any one reading this post to ask Allah the Lord of The Worlds to grant him a full and speedy recovery, and to grant his family plentiful patience to get through this very difficult time.
‘We remind you all to be very vigilant and to take care when leaving the masjid.
‘May Allah protect us all.’
Leicestershire police confirmed a man in his 40s and a teenage boy were struck by a vehicle on Humberstone Road, near its junction with Spinney Hill.
The boy, whose age has not been released, sustained a minor injury.
Police said that early inquiries by officers led them to believe the vehicle did not deliberately drive at pedestrians and it is not being treated as terror-related.
The car and its driver have not yet been located.
They said: ‘We are in the early stages of our investigation and enquiries are continuing into the exact circumstances surrounding the incident.
‘We can confirm we are not treating this is as terrorist related and we would ask that people do not speculate while the incident remains under investigation.’
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting incident 19 of 30 May.