Two teenagers arrested over Birmingham mosque attack

Sixteen-year-olds taken into custody in connection with assault on 73-year-old man in Kings Heath

Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of attacking a 73-year-old man as he walked home from a mosque in Birmingham.

The 16-year-olds were taken into custody for questioning in connection with the “appalling” assault in the Kings Heath area of the city on Wednesday night, West Midlands police said.