Community leaders from among Hindus and Muslims of Leicester in the UK issued a joint statement appealing for an end to a series of violence that started after the first conflict over an Asia Cup..
British media outlets have reported that Leicester city in the United Kingdom has seen an escalation of communal tension leading to the arrest of two in an area which has a mixed population of Hindus..
On Sunday, a Hindu temple was vandalised and a saffron flag was desecrated by Muslim fanatics in Leicester, said the police. This comes after a spate of targeted attacks on Hindus followed the Asia Cup..
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