15 February 2013 - 20:30

Police are hunting two men and a woman who burst into a mosque and shouted racial abuse.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Police are hunting two men and a woman who burst into a mosque and shouted racial abuse.The incident happened at the Nasir Mosque on Brougham Terrace, in Hartlepool, at around 7.45pm on Tuesday, February 5.A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: “Two men and a woman entered the mosque via the main entrance and began causing a disturbance and shouting during prayer time.“They were also racially abusive when asked to leave the premises.”All are described as young, white and of slim build.The first man was wearing a black woolly hat, a blue and grey tracksuit and black trainers.The second was wearing a black and white knitted hat with plaits down the side, a dark tracksuit top and bottoms with a white stripe down the sides and was carrying a plastic bottle.The girl had long, fair hair and was wearing a cream coat with a fur-trimmed hood.Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Claire McMahon, of Hartlepool Police, on the non-emergency number 101./129