Two English ex-soldiers are acussed to attack a mosque of England

Two British ex-soldiers appeared today before a judge accused of throwing firebombs on Sunday at a mosque in Grimsby, north-east of England, the BBC reported.

The Islamic Cultural Center attack in the town of 90,000 inhabitants, came four days after the murder of the soldier Lee Rigby in London at the hands of two suspected radical Islamists.

Stuart Harness, 33, and Gavin Humphries, 37, in custody accused of the charges of arson and endangering the lives of others.

The two former soldiers will return to appear in court in Grimsby on 7 June.

The head of the mosque, Diler Gharib, described the local newspaper "Grimsby Telegraph" how someone threw firebombs at the building where several people were gathered inside.

"We had finished our prayers and we were discussing how our neighbors to thank the support they have shown in recent days when we heard a bang and we saw fire coming under the door," said Gharib.

The attack on the mosque in the town was the second in a few days, after a group of eleven teenagers, aged 16 and 17, allegedly damaged the cars parked across the street from the day after the death of the soldier Rigby, who shocked the United Kingdom.

The Humberside County police reported that five of the eleven young men have been released without charge, while the rest have left the police station bail.