‘A minority inside a minority’: fear and conspiracy theories in the Leeds Roma community

False rumours that a child died in Harehills while being taken into care sparked unrest a week ago

“A child died at the weekend,” a Roma woman in Harehills, Leeds, said on Monday. “Police came to take him and he jumped out of an upstairs window and died. The authorities have covered it up.”

Where has she heard this? “TikTok.”