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Hysteria grips East London as social media rumours of child snatchers go viral

THE Dispatch was inundated with panicked parents and guardians calling this week as rumours raced across social media platforms of a child trafficking syndicate in the city. One kidnapped child after another flew around Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Blackberry Messenger, long after police said the stories were false.

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Hysteria grips city over child fears

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