Shamira Kassam and her three children as racist attacks has led to growing anger in the Asian community in East London.
community every day of the week and every week of the year. Rarely do they make the headlines in the Fleet Street press.' •When they do it is a momentary affair and the incident swiftly disappears now four years since Mrs .rom cue pages and her young children were killed in attack in Walthamstow. There have never been any arrests in ana ine ponc have now closed their inThis means vestigalion. thạt, barring a yeritable miracle, the racist filth who destroyed a family will remain at liberty possibly to murder again.' In ilford, community :hat The authorities chould treat this matter as if it were a racial attack, m ana uniess proved otherwise' The Metropolitan Police, however, are still refusing ro deal with the case in this police practice in all cases of racist attacks, they de... POLICE REFUSAL to treat the murders of Mrs The Asian Times commotive is racial' before they treat attacks as racist Che Newham Monitoring Project has consistently pointed out that this approach effectively hamstrings investigations ine start. sharply contrasted the level of police surveillance directed towards black East London and police attention to the numerous racist gangs in the area.
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