‘I love this country’: the migrant hero who tackled Leicester Square attacker

Abdullah tells why he likes living in the UK despite fears experienced during riots and after saving teenager and her mother

Two weeks ago Abdullah, a Pakistani-born man living in the UK, was watching the news in fear.

Far-right riots had spread across the country, with mosques being attacked and hotels housing asylum seekers set alight. After a horrific knife attack on children in Southport, disinformation spread quickly on social media falsely claiming the perpetrator was a Muslim seeking asylum in the UK.