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Leicester mosque crash: Worshipper injured in hit-and-run Leicester mosque crash: Two arrested over 'hit-and-run'
(about 8 hours later)
A man has been seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash after leaving prayers at a mosque. Two men have been arrested after a suspected hit-and-run near a mosque, which left another man seriously hurt.
The man, in his 40s, had left Masjid At-Taqwa mosque in Leicester when he was struck in Humberstone Road at about 01:00 BST on Thursday. A pedestrian in his 40s was struck in Humberstone Road after leaving the Masjid At-Taqwa mosque in Leicester at about 01:00 BST on Thursday.
The mosque said he had been hit by a car after leaving Taraweeh - prayers made during the month of Ramadan.The mosque said he had been hit by a car after leaving Taraweeh - prayers made during the month of Ramadan.
Leicestershire Police said the man was in a stable condition and a teenage boy had sustained minor injuries. Two men aged 21 and 23 have been held on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Officers currently believe the vehicle "did not deliberately drive at the pedestrians". Leicestershire Police said the injured man was in a stable condition in hospital while a teenage boy, who was also struck, sustained minor injuries.
A bid to track down the car, which failed to stop at the scene, is ongoing, the force added. Officers do not believe the vehicle was "deliberately driven at the pedestrians" but said it failed to stop after the crash.
In a statement on Facebook, the mosque said: "Last night after Taraweeh, [prayers] one of the brothers who prayed with us was the victim of a hit and run just outside the masjid [mosque]. Detectives said they were trying to trace a blue three-door hatchback.
"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." Insp Paul Allen said the car "may have sustained damage in the collision and could have been abandoned".
In a statement on Facebook, the mosque urged people to pray for the injured man to have "a full and speedy recovery, and to grant his family plentiful patience to get through this very difficult time".
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