警方正在调查一座空置电影院遭遇的闯入案件，该建筑拟改建为伊斯兰中心。
Messages were sprayed inside the vacant building and are being investigated by police 30 October 2026 Break-ins at a vacant cinema that is set to become an Islamic centre are being investigated by police.
位于沃金汉姆伊斯特汉普斯特德路的前里茨电影院已空置数年，沃金汉姆伊斯兰中心今夏将其买下。该建筑于周一和周二遭闯入，墙壁上被喷涂了包括“立即离开”在内的涂鸦和其他冒犯性字样。
The former Ritz Cinema in Easthampstead Road, Wokingham, has been unoccupied for several years but the Wokingham Islamic Centre bought it in the summer It was broken into on Monday and Tuesday and graffiti, including a spray painted "leave now", and other offensive messages were daubed onto walls there.
该伊斯兰中心近期从前业主蒙特罗之家手中收购了该建筑，后者已进入清算程序。此前该地块曾获批建设公寓的规划许可，但许可现已过期。
The Islamic centre recently acquired the building after its previous owner, Montreaux Homes, went into liquidation. It had previously secured planning permission to use the site for flats but that has since expired.
中心受托人之一阿尼斯·艾哈迈德表示：“我们是沃金汉姆的一部分；我们是一个社区。
Anees Ahmad, one of the centre's trustees, said: "We are part of Wokingham; we are one community.
我可以向你们保证，自我们收购该建筑以来，所有邻居都非常支持我们。”他说该团体希望将其打造成“面向所有人的中心”。
"One thing I can assure you of is that since we acquired the building, all the neighbours have been very supportive of us." He said the group wants it to become a "centre for all".
前电影院兼宾果厅目前正在施工。沃金汉姆选区议员克莱夫·琼斯表示，犯罪分子不得返回造成更多破坏。
Work is under way at the former cinema and bingo hall Wokingham's MP Clive Jones said the offenders must not return to cause more damage to the building.
“我们不希望沃金汉姆出现这种事，”他说。“那不是沃金汉姆这个城镇的样子。我们很高兴这里有这个伊斯兰中心。沃金汉姆绝大多数民众都欢迎它。
"We don't want that sort of thing here in Wokingham," he said. "That's not the town that Wokingham is. We are pleased to have this Islamic Centre here. The vast majority of people here in Wokingham welcome it.
“无论是谁干的，他们都得停手。如果他们回来再试图作案，就会被抓住。那对他们没好处。”
"Whoever's doing it, they just need to stop. They will get caught if they come back and try to do it again. That won't be good for them."
泰晤士河谷警方最初表示正将闯入案作为仇恨犯罪调查，但周四修正了这一表述。
Thames Valley Police said initially that it was investigating the break-ins as a hate crime but revised that on Thursday.
沃金汉姆南社区警务小组的凯尔·西顿警长称，“这些犯罪行为看起来更符合反社会行为的特征，而非源于种族或宗教敌意。”凡能协助调查者，请联系泰晤士河谷警方，引用案件编号 43260561729。
Sgt Kyle Seaton, from the Wokingham South Neighbourhood Policing Team, said "the offences appear more consistent with anti-social behaviour than motivated by racial or religious hostility." Anyone who can assist the investigation is asked to contact Thames Valley Police quoting reference 43260561729.