Police make second arrest for mosque damage

Broken glass frames a muslim flyer at the Masjid Al-Mustafa mosque in Otahuhu last month. Picture / Kenny Rodger

Police have arrested a second teenager in relation to the vandalism of several Auckland mosques last month following the London bombings.

An 18-year-old student faces seven charges of intentional damage and will appear in Manukau District Court on Friday along with the first man police arrested and charged two weeks ago.

Another 18-year-old student was arrested on July 15, and charged with seven charges of intentional damage.

Six mosques at Otahuhu, Mt Roskill, Ponsonby and Ranui were desecrated, along with the Blockhouse Bay Islamic centre in New Lynn and the Al-Farooq Cultural Centre at Otahuhu.

Windows were smashed and walls daubed with graffiti with variations of "RIP London" in apparent retaliation to the London bombings on July 7.

- NZPA