Second arrest after reports of armed man in mosque

A SECOND suspect has been arrested after reports of a man armed with an axe entering a mosque during Ramadan prayers.

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Police were called to Manchester Central Mosque on Tuesday evening after reports that a man had entered who was later found to have been carrying multiple weapons, including a hammer and an axe.

A white man in his 50s was arrested at the scene on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and class B drugs.

Greater Manchester Police had been continuing to search for a black male who was reported as acting suspiciously in the mosque at the same time.

Yesterday, a force spokesman said a man in his 20s had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a section 18 assault.