London Muslims ‘scared to leave homes’ amid online panic over acid attacks

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London Muslims ‘scared to leave homes’ amid online panic over acid attacks

Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Rampant reports of acid attacks targeting Muslims are being shared online across the British capital this week, with accompanying warnings for “people of Asian appearance” to be vigilant.

This follows an acid attack in east London last week that left an aspiring model and her cousin with life-changing injuries and is now being treated as a hate crime.

But so far, it has not been immediately made clear whether all the incidents detailed on social media have been reported to police as hate crimes.

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