Imam dies trying to save worshipper after axe-wielding attacker stormed into Belgian mosque and set it alight

A Belgian mosque leader was killed last night as he tried to save a worshipper set alight in a brutal petrol bomb attack.

Father-of-four Abdullah Dadou, 46, died from smoke inhalation after a man burst into a Shiite mosque in the Brussels suburb of Anderlecht at 7pm.

Witnesses said the man, who had no ID papers, turned up at the building, pulled out a knife and axe, poured petrol over the floor and then set it alight.

He then shouted Sunni slogans - sparking speculation that the attack was linked to tensions between them and the Shiites.

Worshippers detained him and locked him in a room before he was arrested.

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