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Police forces report sharp rise in religious hate crimes across UK

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Police forces report sharp rise in religious hate crimes across UK



Data shows spikes in antisemitic and Islamophobic offences after outbreak of Middle East conflict and Southport attackSome of the UK’s largest police forces have reported increases in religious hate crimes in the past 18 months, figures reveal, with the number of incidents rising after the start of the Hamas-Israel conflict in autumn 2023 and again after the Southport attacks in England this summer.Forces including Greater Manchester, West Midlands and the Metropolitan police recorded sharp increases in antisemitic offences in the weeks after the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East in October last year. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/30/police-forces-report-sharp-rise-in-religious-hate-crimes-across-uk

Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Publish date : 2024-12-30 00:01:00

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