{"id":208726,"date":"2024-08-10T15:12:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=208726"},"modified":"2024-08-10T15:12:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:12:54","slug":"very-anxious-antiguan-woman-fears-for-safety-amid-uk-race-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/very-anxious-antiguan-woman-fears-for-safety-amid-uk-race-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Very anxious\u2019: Antiguan woman fears for safety amid UK race riots \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SOURCE DAILY OBSERVER:<\/strong> An Antiguan woman living in the United Kingdom says she\u2019s afraid for her safety amid racially-charged riots sparked by the murders of three children in a knife attack.<\/p>

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Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, died after a knifeman entered a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, near Liverpool, on July 29. Ten others were seriously injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misinformation that the killer was a Muslim immigrant was quickly spread online. It later emerged that 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana was British-born but the rumours incited riots in several areas of England by far-right protestors who targeted mosques and hotels housing asylum-seekers.<\/p>

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The tension has created widespread fear and confusion among immigrants and ethnic minorities, including Antiguans like Sherryann Francis.<\/p>

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\u201cI am feeling very anxious because I am not sure where they will attack next,\u201d Francis, who has been living in the UK for 35 years, told the Daily Observer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe family is a bit fearful about what they\u2019ve seen on the news and what\u2019s happening so I have to reassure them daily; it\u2019s about checking in and just letting everybody know that I\u2019m okay. I get home from work, and once I\u2019m in, I\u2019m in.\u201d<\/p>

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Francis, who lives in Tottenham, London, said this is the first time she has encountered racial unrest in the UK on such a large scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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