Islamophobia up in wake of terror attack

MORE than 10 anti-Muslim attacks were reported every day in the week following the Manchester Arena atrocity, a report has found.

There were also spikes after the London Bridge and Finsbury Park

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SHAMI CHAKRABARTI ON STANCE OVER IS PAIR terror attacks a month later. Overall, there was a 30% rise in Islamophobic incidents last year, with 1,201 of 1,330 reports verified by Tell Mama. But the group, which records anti-Muslim abuse, found the biggest increase took place after the Manchester bombing last May.

Tell Mama chief Iman Atta said: “It constituted a 700% rise, from nine reports in the reporting period prior to the bombing to 72 a week later.”