Investigation into arson attack at Islamic Cultural Centre in Limerick

An investigation is under way into an arson attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in Co Limerick.

The centre, which is located in Dooradoyle, serves the Muslim community in Limerick.

Emergency services attended the scene at around 1.30am yesterday morning and it took three units of Limerick Fire Service over half an hour to bring the blaze under control.

Gardaí said they received a report of an incident of “criminal damage by fire that occurred at a premises in the Dooradoyle area”.

The fire is believed to have started in a bathroom of the mosque and Islamic cultural centre.

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