A man has been arrested in connection with an incident which appeared to show women being racially abused in Romford town centre.
Yesterday evening (April 21), police arrested a man, 55, on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences.
The arrest was in connection with an incident in South Street which occurred at around 4.05pm the day before, police said.
In a video shared to social media, a man appears to use threatening and racist language towards a group of women walking along the high street.
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A Metropolitan Police spokesperson previously said the incident was being urgently investigated and treated as a hate crime.
They added that officers would be speaking to the women.
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