Rabat, March 22 -- Police in Birmingham, England, are investigating apparent hate attacks on five mosques, including one whose windows were smashed with a sledgehammer late on Thursday night.

Officers had received alerts about the violence minutes between each attack.

Police officers and counterterrorism officials in charge of the investigation said a man used a sledgehammer to vandalize one of the mosques.

"The motive behind the attacks, which are being treated as linked, is yet to be established, but West Midlands Police and the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit are investigating," police stated.

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