Metro abuse arrests
Date published: 15 June 2015
FOUR teenage girls have been arrested after an Asian family reported racist abuse on a tram travelling between Shaw and Manchester.
The couple, who were with their young baby, filmed some of the abuse and uploaded it to Facebook. The video has been viewed more than a million times.
Four girls aged 16-18 have been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.
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