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Today in History: Muslim youths murder Ross Parker, media coverage scrutinized

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC · How we work

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Seventeen-year-old Ross Parker was stabbed, beaten with a hammer and kicked to death by a gang of British Pakistani youths in Millfield, Peterborough, ten days after the September 11 attacks. The racially motivated killing sparked a national debate over the British press’s reluctance to report hate crimes against white victims.

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Seventeen-year-old Ross Parker was stabbed, beaten with a hammer and kicked to death by a gang of British Pakistani youths in Millfield, Peterborough, ten days after the September 11 attacks. The racially motivated killing sparked a national debate over the British press’s reluctance to report hate crimes against white victims.