(LBC) Two people have been charged after a video emerged of a man burning a Koran and another man attacking him outside the Turkish consulate in London.
Social media footage showed a man being kicked on the ground by his knife-wielding attacker.
Hamit Coskun, 50, from Derby, had been charged with a religiously aggravated public order offence after he was filmed apparently burning the book in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said.
Coskun was remanded in custody and will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court today.
Moussa Kadri, 59, from Kensington and Chelsea, has been charged with causing actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.
