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Hackers post 'EDL members' contact details' online | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
A list apparently showing the contact details of English Defence League members has been published online. | |
It has been posted by people claiming to be part of a computer hacking network known as Anonymous. | |
Names and addresses of more than 200 people from all over the country are on the list. | Names and addresses of more than 200 people from all over the country are on the list. |
The post from a group calling itself Anonymous UK also includes the mobile telephone numbers of people it claims to be senior members of the EDL. | The post from a group calling itself Anonymous UK also includes the mobile telephone numbers of people it claims to be senior members of the EDL. |
It said the EDL "should have expected this" and warned it to "expect more". | It said the EDL "should have expected this" and warned it to "expect more". |
The publication followed an audio message, recorded with a computerised voice and published on YouTube, from Anonymous UK to the EDL that accused the far-right group of taking "advantage of moments of fear and terror to spread hatred and animosity". | |
'Constant belligerence' | |
It likened the EDL to a "pack of raving ignoramuses" and said the group's "constant belligerence" would further "only bigotry and segregation". | |
The message added: "You have angered us considerably, and summoned our wrath irrevocably." | |
The EDL has held several demonstrations since the death of Drummer Lee Rigby, the soldier who was killed in Woolwich, south-east London, last week. | |
It is unclear whether the people listed are actually members of the EDL. | It is unclear whether the people listed are actually members of the EDL. |
A similar list of names of supposed British National Party members, published in 2008, included some people who turned out not to be members. | |
More than 1,000 EDL protesters gathered in London on Monday and were addressed by EDL leader Tommy Robinson. | |
A smaller group of anti-fascist protesters gathered to oppose the EDL. | A smaller group of anti-fascist protesters gathered to oppose the EDL. |
Scotland Yard said 13 people were arrested for public order offences. The figure was thought to include both EDL and anti-fascist protesters. |
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