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Sunday, July 17, 2016

UK: Nine-year-old tells classmate "My dad told me not to sit next to Jews"


Via Mirror:


A boy of three is among ­hundreds of children being ­investigated by ­police amid a surge in hate crimes .

Figures obtained by the Sunday People under Freedom of Information laws ­reveal 138 youngsters aged 10 or under were ­reported for racial or religious abuse last year.

This compared with 70 in 2011.

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A nine-year-old boy allegedly told a ­classmate “My dad told me not to sit next to Jews” and the boy of three was quizzed by police in Manchester for causing ­harassment, alarm or distress to his victim.

The findings come after a week in which reports of hate crimes rose dramatically in the wake of the EU referendum .

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