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There were clashes in Leicester and Birmingham

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Hindu and Muslim community leaders in the UK city call for an immediate end to ‘provocation’ after weeks of violence.

A recent T20 cricket match is believed to have reignited historic tensions that fuelled violence between sections of the city’s Muslim and Hindu communities over the weekend

As British media coverage remained clouded by an unprecedented boost in sales and record-breaking broadcasts brought forth by a royal funeral, clashes between cricket fans gradually brewed into communal violence and an international story in Leicester.

Writing on TripAdvisor, Julia from Leicester, said she got "a shock" when she walked into her room at the plush Scotsman Hotel in Edinburgh, before listing a whole catalogue of complaints

‘There are people with other battles to fight who are coming to Leicester to fight them’

Leicester East MP says ministers must clamp down on ‘extremist rightwing ideology’

Inflammatory slogans and violence rung in a fortnight of ‘disorder’ between two communities after an ordinary cricket match between India and Pakistan