British police said they have arrested a man and a woman after a video on social media showed the woman attacking a teenage Muslim schoolgirl on a local bus in Northern England.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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British police said they have arrested a man and a woman after a video on social media showed the woman attacking a teenage Muslim schoolgirl on a local bus in Northern England.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The cell phone footage from Wednesday shows the 40-year-old woman hitting the 14-year-old Muslim schoolgirl on the floor repeatedly and a man shouting Islamophobic slurs.<\/p>\n
The assault on the young girl started on a single-decker service bus, bound for Ecclesfield, Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, and then continued outside the bus.<\/p>\n
Police said they were called to the Nursery Tavern in Sheffield following \u201creports of racial abuse\u201d and that \u201ca man and a woman were asked to leave the premises.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the same man and woman, who appear in the video footage, were later involved in the assault of \u201ca 14-year-old girl,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n
The girl\u2019s school also made a statement on the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are aware of an incident that has happened outside of school where it appears that some of our students have suffered abuse from members of the public,\u201d said Silverdale School.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are supporting the students and their families in any way needed,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Islamophobia in the U.K. has shown a sharp rise since the 2017 terror attacks in London and Manchester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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