http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2011/07/15/cops-scotch-gold-raid-rumours-in-worried-small-heath-community-97319-29056442/
Birmingham Mail [UK]
15 July 2011
Cops scotch gold raid rumours in worried Small Heath community
by Mark Cowan, Birmingham Mail
UNFOUNDED rumours circulating via text that Asian families are being robbed in their own homes by gangs of black men for their gold jewellery have been blamed for leaving a community in fear.
The messages contained wild claims that a woman had a hand and fingers chopped off and 80 homes in Small Heath had been raided in the past fortnight.
But police chiefs dismissed the details as urban myths and revealed that there had actually only been six such break-ins targeting Asian gold since February. [...]
Birmingham Mail [UK]
15 July 2011
Cops scotch gold raid rumours in worried Small Heath community
by Mark Cowan, Birmingham Mail
UNFOUNDED rumours circulating via text that Asian families are being robbed in their own homes by gangs of black men for their gold jewellery have been blamed for leaving a community in fear.
The messages contained wild claims that a woman had a hand and fingers chopped off and 80 homes in Small Heath had been raided in the past fortnight.
But police chiefs dismissed the details as urban myths and revealed that there had actually only been six such break-ins targeting Asian gold since February. [...]
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/07/16/climate-of-fear-hits-small-heath-after-rumours-97319-29063465/
Birmingham Mail [UK]
16 July 2011
Climate of fear hits Small Heath after rumours
by Nick McCarthy, Birmingham Mail
RESIDENTS and shopkeepers in Small Heath have spoken about how the community is living in fear.
Asian jewellers spoke out after the Birmingham Mail revealed yesterday that the area had been swept by what police have called ‘fabricated’ myths about gangs of black men targeting householders for gold. [...]
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