Former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson retracted false claims that 'Muslim gangs' had attacked a white boy at a school where bullies waterboarded a 15-year-old Syrian refugee. In a Facebook Live video, Robinson criticised the sympathy shown to the Syrian refugee victim and his family. He said the boy had emailed him claiming the school, Almondbury Community School, had failed to take his complaints of bullying seriously. But his incendiary claims have caused anger, with others insisting the girl's mother has already denied the young refugee was involved. In a separate post, Robinson shared a message apparently from the bully's brother, also claiming the refugee boy had himself bullied a girl, hitting her with a hockey stick.

Source: Daily Mail November 30, 2018 13:07 UTC