Controversial Influencers Accused of Spreading False Hindu Terrorist Rumours to Stoke Tensions in Leicester: Report

Controversial Influencers Accused of Spreading False Hindu Terrorist Rumours to Stoke Tensions in Leicester: Report
Police officers on duty in the United Kingdom, on Sept. 17, 2017. Peter Nicholls/Reuters
Owen Evans
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Radical social media influencers pushed false claims that Hindu nationalist groups were behind attacks in Leicester, sparking a backlash against the Hindu community, a report has claimed.

A new report by the national security think tank The Henry Jackson Society (pdf) claims that unrest has been falsely presented as involving organised Hindu extremist groups.
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