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A suspect concerned in spreading pretend information that led to violence by far-right teams within the UK has been arrested in Lahore.
According to DIG Operations Faisal Kamran, the police have apprehended a person named Farhan Asif from Defence Lahore. He has been handed over to the FIA for additional investigation.
DIG Operations added that Farhan Asif works for a information platform in Pakistan. He is accused of spreading pretend information concerning the identification of the killer of three women within the UK.
Reports counsel that this misinformation led to violent protests within the UK.
The incident concerned a stabbing assault at a dance membership in Southport, North West England, the place three women had been killed and several other others injured.
A web site, Channel 3 Now, falsely claimed on social media that the attacker was a Muslim refugee named Ali Al-Shakati. Following this misinformation, far-right components in England and Northern Ireland sparked riots and violent protests.
Subsequent investigations by British media revealed that Channel 3 Now, the supply of the pretend information, was operated from Lahore by Farhan Asif.
Farhan Asif has denied any duty for the following violence, downplaying the results of the misinformation from his web site.
“I don’t perceive how a small article or a minor Twitter account might trigger such widespread confusion,” Asif mentioned when approached by information outlet conducting an investigative report.
