Four Muslim MPs receive suspicious packages at Westminster

Four Muslim Labour MPs have been sent suspicious packages over the last 48 hours including copies of a “Punish a Muslim” letter that advocates violent acts against Muslims.

The Ealing Central and Acton MP, Rupa Huq, was the latest to receive the letter, copies of which are also understood to have been opened by staff for Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) and Mohammad Yasin (Bedford). A fourth package was sent to the Manchester Gorton MP, Afzal Khan, but was not opened.

A member of Huq’s staff has been taken to hospital as a precaution after opening the letter, which the MP said contained a “sticky substance” that the police had described as “low-level noxious”.

On Monday two people were taken to hospital, also as a precaution, when a package leaking a suspicious liquid was sent to Yasin’s office.

Police are investigating the “Punish a Muslim” letter, which has been distributed across the country and details a list of violent acts alongside numbers of points for performing them. Tell Mama UK, which monitors anti-Muslim hate crimes, said it had received reports of people in Bradford, Leicester, London, Cardiff and Sheffield getting the letters.

Source: theguardian