Attacks on a kebab house have been blamed on the deaths of two Leeds United supporters.

The Keighley Kebabs take-away in High Street, Keighley, was attacked twice on consecutive nights when yobs hurled stones through its windows.

And police are treating the incidents as racially motivated since the shop's owner is Turkish.

Sgt. Alan Gee, of Keighley police, said: "In the second incident, three men were seen smashing the window and running off.

"We only have a sketchy description of one man, who is believed to have thrown the stone. He was wearing a light-coloured top. All three are believed to be in the late teens or early 20s.

"We are treating this as a racially motivated incident. The owner is Turkish and he believes it was a racial incident."

In the first attack three windows were broken in the early hours of Thursday.

And in the second, a 5ft by 4ft window was broken for the second time.

Shop owner Nihat Meydan, who opened his shop a month ago, said: "I can understand people being angry about what happened in Istanbul but I wasn't expecting this."

Anyone with information about the attacks is asked to phone police on (01535) 617059.

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