London: Gangs of youth described by locals as Muslims of Pakistani origin – landed in predominantly Hindu areas Leicester Monday and Tuesday in the week to avenge some Indian fans who allegedly chanted “Pakistan ko death” after India’s victory over India. Pakistan In the Asia Cup cricket match.
A police investigation into hate crimes is underway after violence erupted and racist slogans were raised in the Belgrave area of Leicester after the match on 28 August.
But on Monday and Tuesday, a large gang of youths roamed the predominantly Hindu localities, some with weapons including knives. On Tuesday the violence took place near a Hindu temple.
in a video PIO The family can be heard panicking at the violence from their windows in their homes as they take a video of the gang walking around parked cars shouting with weapons in hand. The woman is heard saying “call the police” to a man who asks her to close the window.
Members of the PIO community are now writing letters to their local MPs expressing concern. In a letter seen by TOI, the author says that Muslim men used the Arabic word “mushrik”, which means idol worshiper, against Hindus.
Video Groups of more than 50 youths are shown shouting and vandalizing the streets of Leicester, and a video shows a line of police blocking a road to stop them.
Sheetal (55), who lives in the area, said Hindus were being asked to go straight home after work. “These people have come from all over the UK. They do not have a Leicester accent, some are from London and others are from the north. They took down all the saffron flags outside the houses of the people. People are scared in their homes. The areas they targeted used to be mixed Hindu-Muslim but are now predominantly Hindu as many people have come from Daman and Diu,” she said.
temporary chief constable Rob Nixon He said he was aware of the tension in the city, which was triggered by the cricket match, and urged communities to stop it from escalating. He urged people not to get involved and said that the police had identified five people from the first incident after the cricket match and arrested four people on Tuesday night, two with offensive weapons, when 131 people were stopped and was subjected to search. Dispersal orders were given in areas of Leicester on Tuesday night and the force currently has 24 investigators working on the investigation.
A police investigation into hate crimes is underway after violence erupted and racist slogans were raised in the Belgrave area of Leicester after the match on 28 August.
But on Monday and Tuesday, a large gang of youths roamed the predominantly Hindu localities, some with weapons including knives. On Tuesday the violence took place near a Hindu temple.
in a video PIO The family can be heard panicking at the violence from their windows in their homes as they take a video of the gang walking around parked cars shouting with weapons in hand. The woman is heard saying “call the police” to a man who asks her to close the window.
Members of the PIO community are now writing letters to their local MPs expressing concern. In a letter seen by TOI, the author says that Muslim men used the Arabic word “mushrik”, which means idol worshiper, against Hindus.
Video Groups of more than 50 youths are shown shouting and vandalizing the streets of Leicester, and a video shows a line of police blocking a road to stop them.
Sheetal (55), who lives in the area, said Hindus were being asked to go straight home after work. “These people have come from all over the UK. They do not have a Leicester accent, some are from London and others are from the north. They took down all the saffron flags outside the houses of the people. People are scared in their homes. The areas they targeted used to be mixed Hindu-Muslim but are now predominantly Hindu as many people have come from Daman and Diu,” she said.
temporary chief constable Rob Nixon He said he was aware of the tension in the city, which was triggered by the cricket match, and urged communities to stop it from escalating. He urged people not to get involved and said that the police had identified five people from the first incident after the cricket match and arrested four people on Tuesday night, two with offensive weapons, when 131 people were stopped and was subjected to search. Dispersal orders were given in areas of Leicester on Tuesday night and the force currently has 24 investigators working on the investigation.