A string of racist graffiti in Birmingham which says “no whites” and “no whites allowed” is being investigated by police, The Telegraph can reveal.
The slurs appeared in three locations across the inner-city neighbourhood of Alum Rock last week.
CCTV obtained by The Telegraph shows the moment a hooded figure approaches the first location, a wall outside a primary school, on Thursday at around 1.20am.
After appearing to check if he is being watched, he sprays the slur “no whites” onto the wall, before swiftly departing.
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Another wall in Langton Road was later vandalised with the phrase “no whites”, while a third location in Farndon Road appeared to be graffitied with the slur “no whites allowed”.
Officers are investigating the graffiti and have been carrying out patrols in the area, West Midlands Police said.
There is no suggestion that the individual captured on CCTV is responsible for the other slurs.
Naveed Sadiq, 48, a community activist known as the Bearded Beys, claimed the graffiti was part of an effort to stir up racial tension in the area.
He said: “This is a message going out for this individual. You know who you are, and we will find out who you are because the police are now involved in this situation, you will be found, you will be charged, and you will be prosecuted because this is not an isolated incident. This is one of many.
“A lot of people from the community are saying that this is someone from the outside, this is not someone from the community. It’s awful, we are a community that invites everyone. It is what the purpose of coming to the United Kingdom is, living side by side and respecting one another.
“I can’t see anybody from our community doing that. People want to give us bad press, people want to say we are unwelcoming.”
It follows a similar incident from 2017 when the slur “no whites allowed after 8pm” appeared in an area of Alum Rock.
Graffiti near previous mob attack
The new graffiti is around half a mile away from where men wearing masks and balaclavas gathered to protect the Village Islamic Centre in the Bordesley Green suburb of Birmingham, amid speculation of a far-Right protest.
A large group of men could be heard chanting “Allahu Akbar” as they vowed to “protect” themselves in a video posted on X. One man was seen wielding what appeared to be a large bat.
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During a Sky News live broadcast, presenter Becky Johnson was interrupted by a masked protester at the same site who sped up behind her on a motorbike.
The broadcaster later published footage of a man in a balaclava stabbing the tyre of one of its broadcast vans.
When the anticipated rally failed to appear, a large group split off, attacking a pub believing that EDL members were drinking inside
The mob then attacked Sean McDonagh, 51 outside the Clumsy Swan pub. He was taken to hospital with a torn liver.
At the time, West Midlands Police were accused of two-tiered policing.
Meanwhile, figures from the Office for National Statistics published in July show immigration fuelled the biggest rise in the population of England and Wales for at least 75 years.
The population rose by almost 610,000 to 60.9 million between mid-2022 and the middle of last year – the biggest increase since 1949, when comparable records began.
The ONS said the growth was largely down to record levels of net migration, which stood at 622,000 for the year to mid-2023.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “We are investigating after graffiti was sprayed at locations around the Alum Rock area.
“An investigation is under way to identify who is responsible, and we are carrying out CCTV enquiries.
“We are in contact with the community and will be carrying out patrols in the area.
“We are working with the local authority to ensure it is promptly removed.
“Anyone who can help with our investigation can contact us via Live Chat on our website, or by calling 101, quoting crime reference 20/632434/24.”
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