Article 6RQ98 Four men arrested over online racist hate campaign against Vinícius Júnior

Four men arrested over online racist hate campaign against Vinícius Júnior

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Ashifa Kassam
from World news | The Guardian on (#6RQ98)
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Police in Spain have arrested four men accused of coordinating an online hate campaign that called for racial abuse to be hurled at Real Madrid's forward Vinicius Junior.

Police said on Thursday that the men, all in their 20s, had been detained as part of an investigation into social media posts that circulated days before Atletico Madrid took on Real Madrid in September's derby.

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