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Rotherham hotel riot: Asylum seeker who filmed unrest feared for life

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59% Informative

Abdullah, an Iraqi Kurd , was staying at Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham .

He says he thought he was going to die after masked rioters broke into the hotel.

Abdullah had been in the UK for four months , having arrived by boat.

The incident took place on 4 August - Abdullah's birthday - in the wake of a fatal knife attack in Southport .

VR Score

42

Informative language

28

Neutral language

70

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

32

Offensive language

offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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