Police ‘forced to disclose ethnicity of suspects to counter far-right speculation’

Guidance to combat misinformation puts pressure on police to release details, says former senior Met officer

Police are being forced to disclose the ethnicity of suspects in response to a rise in far-right speculation on social media, a former senior officer in the Metropolitan police force has warned.

On Sunday morning at 10.30am, British Transport Police said two men had been arrested after multiple stabbings on a train in Cambridgeshire: a 32-year-old black British national and a 35-year-old British national of Caribbean descent. The 35-year-old was released with no further action, and was not involved" in the attack, BTP said in a statement later on Sunday evening.