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Anti-5G conspiracy theories linked to far-right antisemitism as arson attacks spread
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At around 1.38am, residents at the converted Fearnley Mill in Huddersfield called the West Yorkshire Fire brigade. The mobile phone mast attached to the old mill’s huge chimney was ablaze, needing six fire engines to put out the flames.
The incident on Tuesday, which threatened the lives of 37 households and destroyed communications equipment used by the emergency services, is one of 40 nationwide arson attacks on mobile phone masts over the last month.
Masts have been attacked in Liverpool, Dagenham, Belfast and across the UK. Police believe these attacks are linked to a false and dangerous conspiracy theory about the link between coronavirus and 5G technology made in rapidly growing social media groups – one of which added
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