The post that incited far-right extremists! 55-year-old businessman has been arrested.

A 55-year-old woman in the UK has been arrested on suspicion of inciting far-right street violence with false information shared on social media. The Cheshire Police announced that a woman from Chester was arrested today (August 8) on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and disseminating written material for the purpose of disinformation. The police statement stated that the woman was arrested for "inciting racial hatred and disseminating written material for the purpose of disinformation."

Cheshire Police Chief Inspector Alison Ross, in her statement, stated that the far-right street violence that has been occurring in the country since July 29 has been fueled by malicious and false information on the internet. Ross stated, "This situation is a striking example of the danger of sharing information on social media without verifying its accuracy. What has happened serves as a warning that we are responsible for our actions, whether online or not."

WOMAN SPEAKING TO THE BRITISH MEDIA ADMITS TO THE POST

The British media announced that the woman in custody is a businesswoman named Bernadette Spofforth. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Spofforth stated, "I am ashamed to be accused of something like this. I did not make it up. I received this information from someone in Southport." While admitting to sharing false information about the identity of the attacker, Spofforth denied that her post incited far-right violence, stating, "My post has nothing to do with the violent incidents in the country. However, I admit that a Russian news site may have used my post as a source." The Daily Mail also shared the information that false statements about the attacker's identity first appeared in Spofforth's post, according to their research.

SHE WROTE THAT THE ATTACKER WAS A REFUGEE NAMED "ALI"

Spofforth, who was reported to have thousands of followers on her now-closed X account, expressed her regret in an interview with The Times, saying, "I made this post. It was a stupid thing done on impulse, and it ruined me." Spofforth explained that she wrote the same thing after seeing another X post.

In her post about the Southport attacker, Spofforth wrote that the suspect's name was "Ali Al-Shakati" and that he was a person who came to the UK illegally last year and was being monitored by the intelligence service. The police did not disclose the identity of the attacker due to his age of 17, but far-right individuals in the country carried out attacks on mosques and foreigners based on the claim that he was a Muslim refugee, spread on social media.

In the extreme right-wing violence that started on July 30 in the country, many immigrants and police officers were attacked, and mosques, houses, workplaces, cars, and police vehicles were damaged. As a result of the far-right street incidents in England and Northern Ireland, 483 people were arrested, and 149 of them appeared before a judge. The attacker who killed 3 children and injured 10 people, 8 of whom were children, in Southport was identified as Axel Radukubana three days after the incident. It was also revealed that Radukubana, born in the capital of Wales, Cardiff, was a Christian.