Operation Sindoor represents India's response to a deadly terror attack in Kashmir, killing 26 people. Survivors reported that attackers targeted Hindu men. Concerns have been raised by experts, such as James Snell, about the foreign ramifications of violence in Kashmir affecting diaspora relations in Britain, notably the South Asian communities. Snell referenced episodes of communal violence in Leicester, warning that existing tensions can escalate, influenced by events from the Indian subcontinent, with social media playing a significant role in spreading unrest.
Footage of a scrap after the cricket travelled widely via WhatsApp and social media, and very soon rumours flew around the British Muslim world that people just like them were being hunted down and attacked by 'Hindutva' Indian nationalists.
Eventually everything simmered back down again - but only after quite an investment in police presence and resources. It will happen again.
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