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It is the latest in a series of suspected racial attacks which has seen a news presenter called a “P***” and two Polish men beaten up in London. The assault was carried out on Kashmir Meat & Poultry butchers in Walsall, on Monday.

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Police say a white man, wearing a blue jacket, walked into the halal butchers and tossed bottle of accelerant, which was alight. Detective Inspector Greg Evans said: “The inquiry is at an early stage and I am keeping an open mind as to the motive. “The man was not seriously injured but it could have been much more serious.”

I have overheard people making comments to Eastern European residents and Muslims that they should go home now Mary Walker

Tensions have been rising in Walsall since the momentous decision to opt out the EU, according to resident Mary Walker. The 67-year-old said: “It isn’t the nicest area around here and it does attract people with far right views. “I have overheard people making comments to Eastern European residents and Muslims that they should go home now. “It is a disgrace that these thugs are trying to intimidate people like this and think it is the best way to get what they want.

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“Just because we voted to leave the EU it doesn’t mean we should only be a country of white Brits. “I’m positive the man who runs it isn’t even European, it’s just mindless racism which people think is OK now just because we voted out. “I am sure it will be related to the referendum result, I have no doubt. “This poor butcher works hard for a living, which I bet is more than you can say for the idiot who did this.”

SWNS Kashmir Meat & Poultry butchers in Walsall was subjected to the vile attack