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  • 2020-05-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Was Emily Jones Decapitated by a Somali Migrant? (en)
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  • On March 22, 2020, a young girl named Emily Jones was killed by a stranger while playing in a park in England. BBC News reported at the time: Initial reports about Jones' death did not identify the woman who was arrested. With this information unknown, some social media users attempted to fill in the blanks by claiming, without evidence, that Jones had been killed by a Somali migrant. When the local news outlet Manchester Evening News reported that Jones had suffered a serious stab wound to her neck, this gruesome detail soon morphed into the false claim that this little girl was beheaded. By May 2020, a meme containing a photograph of Jones and a piece of text claiming that she had been beheaded by a Somali migrant was circulating on social media: A 7-year-old named Emily Jones was truly killed by a stranger in a park in England. She was not beheaded, as claimed in this meme, and police did not identify her killer as a Somali migrant. This claim is based on little more than speculation and is being spread by neo-Nazi websites such as The National Vanguard. Although police have not released the identity of the woman arrested, they did say that the approximately 30-year-old woman had a history of mental illness. As of this writing, she is being held at a secure facility under the Mental Health Act. BBC News reported: The Facebook page for the Greater Manchester Police force posted a tribute from Jones' family: (en)
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