At the end of July 2024, in one of the cities of Great Britain, three children died from stab wounds during dancing. Soon, the information diverged on social networks that the offender was a refuge of asylum from the Middle East. We checked the reliability of such publications.
July 29, a person armed with a knife burst To the dance class in the city of Sautport in the County Mersiside in the West of Great Britain. He killed three and seriously wounded eight children. Two teachers who tried to protect their students received severe damage. The attacker was detained. The local police said that his motives are being clarified, but there is no reason to consider what happened a terrorist attack.
Some Russian-speaking Telegram channels specified that the attacker was a native of the Middle East. “A refugee armed with a knife from Syria burst into the room where classes for children in dancing and yoga took place, and began to cut everyone under the cries of“ Allah Akbar! ”” reported The channel "Russia now" (202,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). Similar posts appeared in the channels "Uncle Glory"(194,000) and"Putin in Telegram"(192 000), as well as in the profiles of users of the social network X. In turn, the channel “Russian Sword” (57,000 views) in the publication under the heading “Islamist again killed Christian children” calls The name of the criminal is Ali al-Shakati. The authors of the post emphasize that the “terrorist” was an illegal migrant who came to the UK about a year ago.
In the evening, shortly after the attack, the Mersisade police reported Details about the personality of the detainee. It turned out to be a 17-year-old resident of Banks, a suburbs of Sautport. It is known that the young man was born in Wales. Other details about the detained department to disclose Can't According to British laws, since he has not yet reached the age of majority. The same restrictions are valid for the media.
IN statement The police, published the next day, says that the alleged name of the detainee, distributed in social networks, is incorrect. The agency called for Internet users "not to build guesses about the details of the incident while the investigation is underway." August 1 detained were presented Accusations of murders and attempted murders.
How Writes The BBC, who attacked the children, the young man lived in the sautport and the surroundings since 2013. His parents are emigrants from Rwanda. Neither the British authorities nor the authoritative local publications reported the religion of the detainee. By data The census conducted in Rwand in 2022, about 2% of the population professed Islam in this country.
The Telegraph newspaper, without naming the name of the detainee, claimsthat I talked with his neighbors. They described the young man as an introvert, and his family was called ordinary and quiet. Moreover, journalists also bring comments on the residents of Cardiff who lived next to this family - it claims that in childhood the suspect with his father sang in the church choir.
The source of the news that the children who came to the UK in 2023 were attacked by a refugee from Syria, apparently, were the resources of the British ultra -right, found out The Guardian newspaper. The fact that the criminal was called Ali al-Shakati, wrote The news site Channel 3 Now, which does not disclose the names of its employees, editors and owners. Subsequently, the note was removed, and the unnamed editor -in -chief published Column with an apology.
The spread of rumors about the Arabic origin and the Muslim religion of the detainee led to the shares of right -wing radicals in the sautport. In the evening of July 30 from 200 to 300 people Gathered The mosque located in the city and soon began to throw stones and bottles of police officers. More than 50 law enforcement officers suffered, five riots were arrested.
“Last night, we saw how people who were excited by social networks came to the city from all over the country, and then brought to madness, as a result of which they attacked those very people who had been honored to the heroes who fled towards that day. There is a very bitter aftertaste that these people believe that they can come here and share our community, ”said the head of the Liverpool agglomeration, Steve Roterem.
Thus, there is no evidence that a refugee from Syria killed children in dance classes in the sautport. According to the police and authoritative British media, the detainee - the son of immigrants from Rwanda born in the UK. Since the suspect is only 17 years old, his personality is not disclosed in accordance with the British laws on the protection of minors.
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