Skip to main content
The Morning Star Shop
Arrests made over racially motivated attack following coronavirus crisis

THE Metropolitan Police arrested two boys today on suspicion of racially abusing and assaulting a Singaporean man due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The suspects, aged 15 and 16, allegedly took part in the incident in central London on February 24.

Jonathan Mok was attacked by a group of men and a woman as he walked along Oxford Street towards Tottenham Court Road.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Demonstrators during an anti-racism protest organised by Sta
Antifascism / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025

This year’s Bristol Radical History Festival focused on the persistent threats of racism, xenophobia and, of course, our radical collective resistance to it across Ireland and Britain, reports LYNNE WALSH 

Chelsea and Australia striker Sam Kerr arrives wither partne
Women’s Football / 11 February 2025
11 February 2025