Four British Muslim MPs sent suspicious packages in 24 hours

Four British Muslim MPs sent suspicious packages in 24 hours
Four Muslim Labour MPs have received suspicious packages since Monday just days after a hate letter was circulated across the United Kingdom calling for attacks on Muslims.
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13 March, 2018
Four Muslim MPs have received suspicious packages in the past 24 hours. [Getty]

Four Muslim Labour MPs have received suspicious packages since Monday just days after a hate letter was circulated across the United Kingdom calling for attacks on Muslims.

The Ealing Central and Acton MP, Rupa Huq, is the latest to have received a suspicious package, accompanied by a hate letter circulated across the United Kingdom days earlier calling for attacks on Muslims.

A member of Huq's staff was taken to hospital as a precaution after opening the letter, which contained a sticky substance.

"Staffer who went to hospital now discharged," Huq tweeted on Tuesday. "There is a definite pattern. It was the letter that did the rounds at weekend and subject of Parliamentary urgent question yesterday which was received."

The letter, which declares April 3 as "Punish a Muslim Day" details a point system for different ways to hurt Muslims, including throwing acid, ripping the hijab off a woman and "butchering" using "gun, knife, vehicle or otherwise" to score points accordingly.

Blowing up a Mosque was also on the points system, scoring 1,000 points.

On Monday two people were taken to hospital as a precaution after a "suspicious package" was sent to the office of Muslim Labour MP Mohammad Yasin.

Specialist officers investigated the package and found it was not hazardous, a parliamentary spokeswoman later said.

Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, Rushanara Ali, also received the hate letter, while a fourth package was sent to Afzal Khan, MP for Manchester Gorton, but was not opened.

"Totally unacceptable for Muslim MPs to face this," Huq tweeted.