Police are investigating a hit and run collison in which two men were injured as they stood outside a Birmingham mosque\u00a0on Friday 27 April.<\/p>\n
A car drove at the pair on the pavement outside the Shah Jalal Mosque in Ettington Road,\u00a0Aston\u00a0, at around 2.15pm<\/p>\n
Police have said that although they are still looking for a motive they have ruled out terrorism.<\/p>\n
A father of one of the youths revealed the horrifying moment he found his son lying covered in blood in the road.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Gabru Miah said he had “no idea” why anyone would want to harm his 17-year-old son, Mohammed Ali Miah.<\/p>\n
“He left prayers before me and I was still inside when someone came up to me and said, ‘your son’s been involved in an accident’,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I went out and saw him lying on the pavement covered in blood with paramedics tending to him.”<\/p>\n
Mr Miah said his son was taken to hospital and while he was being treated, police were asking him if he had any idea why his son would be run over.<\/p>\n
“They told me they’d started an investigation, and did I have any idea at all why this had happened,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I told them I didn’t know anything because I was still inside the mosque when it happened.<\/p>\n
“I also told them I couldn’t understand why anyone would do this deliberately because my son is a good boy and has never been in trouble.”<\/p>\n
Mr Miah, who stood as a candidate for Labour in the\u00a0Birmingham City Council\u00a0elections in 2015, said his son had started an A level course at Joseph Chamberlain College but had dropped out.<\/p>\n
He now spent his days either at home, or out playing football with his friends, his dad said.<\/p>\n
Mr Miah said Mohammed suffered multiple injuries to his head, shoulder and knee and a fracture to his face.<\/p>\n
“He is stable and none of the injuries are life-threatening, and he is now sitting up in bed and is expected to stay in hospital for a few more days yet,” he said.<\/p>\n
Police said on Saturday that they believe it was a “targeted attack” and are trying to trace the silver-coloured car which hit them.<\/p>\n
Det Sgt Adam Williams, from Force CID, said: \u201cWe are still trying to establish the motive for the attack and we are looking at CCTV opportunities from the surrounding area.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019d really like to hear from anyone who has any information or CCTV of the incident or who may have dash cam footage.”<\/p>\n
Police are also examining CCTV recordings in the area, and are appealing for dashcam footage.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is asked to phone police on 101, quoting log 1381, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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