Social media has played a big role in fueling the anti-immigration riots engulfing towns and cities in the United Kingdom. The riots broke out last week after far-right groups claimed on social media that the person charged with carrying out a horrific stabbing attack that left three children dead was a Muslim asylum seeker. The suspect, who has since been named as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, was born in the UK, according to police. #CNN #news
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