Teen who attacked gurdwara given hospital order
BBCA teenager who launched an attack at a gurdwara in Kent has been detained in hospital.
The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was held by police after the disturbance inside the Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend on 11 July.
Two women were also assaulted outside the building and police recovered a bladed weapon.
The boy was handed a hospital order at his sentencing at Westminster Magistrates Court.
Nobody was seriously injured during the attack, Kent Police previously said.
Officers also said the incident was “not terrorism-related”, but was being treated as “religiously aggravated”.
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