/ 8 October 2001

PRETORIA MOSQUE TRASHED

THE Lotus Gardens Mosque in Laudium, west of Pretoria, was vandalised on Sunday night, police said on Monday morning. Police representative Inspector Piletji Sebola said parts of the building and windows were damaged during the attack. ”A preliminary investigation has found that vandalism is suspected.” Sebola said the incident had no definite links to US and British air force and cruise missile attacks on Taliban targets across Afghanistan overnight. No one was injured or killed in the attack on the mosque, and no arrests were made. – Sapa