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UNBELIEVABLE: Online misinformation fueled tensions over the stabbing attack in britain that killed 3 children | History Defined

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Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false name of a supposed suspect was circulating on social media. Hours after that, violent protesters were clashing with police outside a nearby mosque — the first of several violent protests in across England.

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