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Glasgow schoolboy in custody over ‘hate crime attack’ on Nigerian preacher

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A 15-year old schoolboy has been arrested in connection with an alleged attack on a Nigerian preacher.

The 46-year old preacher was reportedly robbed and hit with a glass bottle late in the evening on Friday.

He was walking along Bardowie Street to his local church in Ashfield Street, Glasgow, when the incident took place.

Police are treating the incident as a hate crime since reference to the preacher’s colous was allegedly made during the attack.

The boy has been detained in custody in connection with the incident.

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