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Police have arrested a man in connection with the 'religiously motivated' death of popular shopkeeper Asad Shah.

The 40-year-old was found dead inside his shop in the Shawlands area of Glasgow at around 9pm on Thursday night.

Police Scotland have said they are treating the Muslim man's death as "religiously prejudiced".

The Scottish Daily Record reports a 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with his death.

Police Scotland said both Mr Shah and the arrested man were Muslims.

A police spokeman added: “A full investigation is under way to establish the full circumstances surrounding the death which is being treated as religiously prejudiced.”

(Image: Daily Record)

Flowers were laid outside the police cordon with heartfelt messages about the popular shopkeeper.

One card read: “Thank you for being the nicest guy on the planet.”

The attack took place at Shah’s Newsagent and Convenience Store on Minard Road – near Crosmyloof train station.

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Asad was rushed to Queen Elizabeth University hospital but sadly died a short time later.

A second man, aged 32, was also injured in the incident and is described as “stable”.

A tragic final message, posted on Mr Shah's Facebook account the day before his death, said: "Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation.

"Let's follow the real footstep of beloved holy Jesus Christ and get the real success in both worlds."