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10th April 2017
10:34am BST

"I was there with a few friends to look after people - because Muslims and people of colour are often abused. Nothing was really happening until a woman in a headscarf started shouting 'racist'. "About 20 to 25 EDL people ran over and surrounded her. She looked absolutely terrified. I still hung back and waited for the police to sort it out. I waited two or three minutes and but the police did nothing, so I decided to go and try and get her out of there."Khan said that she was then identified to the group as 'anti-fascist', which she says led to them turning on her.
"Ian Crossland was poking his finger in my face, but I just stood there. I didn't do anything, I wasn't interested, that wasn't my intention. I couldn't understand what was being said though to be honest, it was all very mumbled. "But I wasn't scared in the slightest. I stay pretty calm in these situations. I knew they were trying to provoke me, but I wasn't going to be provoked. I was just holding out. Then I was just pulled out of there, I wasn't arrested or charged."Although she's now a known person thanks to the picture, Khan said that "on balance it was worth it". https://twitter.com/hopenothate/status/851161908891799552 In response, Crossland said in a Facebook post that Khan was "lucky she got any teeth left", claiming that she interrupted a minute's silence for the victims of the attack in Stockholm. The photo was taken by Joe Giddens, regional photographer for the Press Association
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