UK Police: Suspect Arrested After Man Set Alight Near Mosque

A opened drain cover lies in the road near to a cordon on Edmund Street following a major stabbing incident in the center of Birmingham, central England, on Sept. 6, 2020. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

LONDON—Detectives in England are investigating an attack in which a man was set on fire as he walked home from a mosque, police said Tuesday. A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The West Midlands Police force said the victim was walking home in the central city of Birmingham on Monday when he was approached by a man who sprayed him with an unknown substance, “and then his jacket was set alight, causing burns to his face.”