A man has been found guilty of trying to murder two elderly Muslim worshippers who were doused in petrol and set alight outside mosques.
Mohammed Abbkr, 29, was captured on horrifying CCTV setting fire to Hashi Odowa, 82, and Mohammed Rayaz, 70, in separate attacks earlier this year.
The paranoid schizophrenic first targeted Mr Odowa in London after he failed to recognise him, telling him - "I swear in the name of Allah you will know me."
He then sprayed petrol on Mr Rayaz and left him 'engulfed in flames from head to foot' because he did not speak Arabic near a mosque in Birmingham.
Video via SWNS.
Mohammed Abbkr, 29, was captured on horrifying CCTV setting fire to Hashi Odowa, 82, and Mohammed Rayaz, 70, in separate attacks earlier this year.
The paranoid schizophrenic first targeted Mr Odowa in London after he failed to recognise him, telling him - "I swear in the name of Allah you will know me."
He then sprayed petrol on Mr Rayaz and left him 'engulfed in flames from head to foot' because he did not speak Arabic near a mosque in Birmingham.
Video via SWNS.
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02:18 - These were horrific, unprovoked attacks
02:22 on men in their 70s and 80s.
02:24 These are two men who had left their mosques
02:26 after their prayers, very close to Ramadan starting
02:29 so you can understand the tensions and the fears
02:32 in the wider Muslim community.
02:34 You can see from the CCTV that these attacks were planned.
02:37 You can hear from the screams of Mr. Riaz,
02:39 which were caught on CCTV,
02:41 that he must have been in indescribable pain.
02:43 The victims have been left with lasting injuries
02:45 and significant mental trauma.
02:47 I'd like to thank them and their families
02:48 for the courage that they've shown
02:50 and the support that they've provided to us
02:51 throughout this ordeal.
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