Disinformation was ‘central accelerant’ in Leicester Hindu-Muslim clashes, inquiry finds

Report into ‘unprecedented’ violence between members of two communities in 2022 calls for action on communalism UK politics live – latest updates Violence between Hindus and Muslims in Leicester in 2022 was fuelled by online disinformation and met with a failure of leadership from the city’s mayor, council and police, an independent inquiry has said. Researchers from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the London School of Economics carried out the study after the unrest between ...

By Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent