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Cafe 'targeted for welcoming refugees'

Police have stepped up patrols in Leeds after cafe workers say they were threatened because they welcomed refugees.

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Police launch hate crime probe after threats over cafe's "refugees welcome " mural

A mural painted on the walls of the Junction cafe at Armley in Leeds was supposed to be a positive statement encouraging everyone through the door.

Instead - extreme reaction to the statement has prompted police to launch a hate crime investigation as Victoria Whittam reports.

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