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Thursday, 25 July, 2002, 10:28 GMT 11:28 UK
Picture Gallery: Mosque raid
An Afghan family seeking asylum in the UK are forcibly removed from a West Midlands mosque.

Here are some of the images from the raid at the Ghausia Jamia Mosque in Lye, near Stourbridge.

The Ahmadi family
The Ahmadi family took shelter in the mosque

Police officers use a metal battering ram to smash the door in
A police officer wearing riot gear smashed the door in

Officials enter the mosque
Officials covered their head and feet before entering

The Ahmadi's leave the mosque
Farid and Feriba Ahmadi leave the mosque

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Ghausia Jamia Mosque in Lye, near Stourbridge,
The Ghausia Jamia Mosque in Lye, near Stourbridge,


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