Leicester city in the United Kingdom has seen an escalation of scuffles and communal tension leading to the arrest of two in an area which has a mixed population of Hindus and Muslims, British media outlets have reported. BBC has called it a “large-scale disaster.”
The disturbances first began after the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match of August 28. The latest episode has led to community leaders and police calling for calm.
On Saturday, September 17, a group led a march chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ through east Leicester, a community leader named Rukhsana Hussain, told The Guardian. A woman who had witnessed Saturday’s disturbances was quoted by BBC as having said that there were “people wearing balaclavas or with masks over their faces, and with hoods pulled up.”
— source thewire.in | 19/Sep/2022