Pakistan\u2019s Federal Investigation Authority arrested a man on Tuesday who it claimed had spread disinformation thought to have enflamed the recent unrest in the UK. <\/p>\n
According to the FIA statement the \u201carticle contained a false claim about the arrest of a Muslim asylum seeker by police in the stabbing incident in a dance party in Southport on July 29, 2024.\u201d <\/p>\n
The FIA confirmed that the man has not been charged. <\/p>\n
Police in Lahore have identified the man, arrested by the FIA, as Farhan Asif, and that he was questioned about the article on Monday. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear if Asif has an attorney. <\/p>\n
Asif told police he would earn close to a thousand dollars a month by doing this, according to the official. <\/p>\n
After a statement from UK police, after the riots, Asif claims he deleted the story and issued an immediate apology. <\/p>\n
The UK faced its worst disorder in more than a decade, after outbreaks of far-right, anti-immigrant violence swept the country. Protests first broke out late last month, after an anti-immigrant misinformation campaign stoked outrage over a stabbing attack that left three children dead in Southport, northern England. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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