Police launch hunt for Dewsbury author of race-hate video

The author of a film featuring Nazi images and threats against Dewsbury Muslims is being hunted by the town's police.

The film, broadcast on the website YouTube, contains anti-Muslim messages, threats against immigrants to Dewsbury, and references to London suicide bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan. Entitled 'Dewsbury needs help,' the film shows white supremacist images and words, and describes a riot between white nationalists and Asian men in 1989.

Images used include a veiled woman walking past Headfield Junior School, Thornhill Lees, Swastikas and a scene from a Hollywood film which tells the story of a neo-Nazi who kills two black men.

The author of the film, who uses the name Paul, makes reference to 'Rahowa' – a racial holy war against Jewish and non-white people. On his website profile, 'Paul' states he is a member of the British People's Party, a white nationalist political party whose objectives include ending non-European immigration into Britain and repatriating ethnic minorities. 'Paul' has uploaded 13 films with similar content and on a comments page says he is an active nationalist. He says Dewsbury is due an 'ethnic cleansing'.

Insp Ian Gayles, of Dewsbury Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: "We have viewed the content and we agree there are possibly some racial overtones to it. We are attempting to contact the website authors to have the item removed and we are trying to identify who posted the article. If there have been offences we will then take the necessary action against them."

A race hate video containing threats against Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik was posted on YouTube earlier this year.

He said: "It is a sick video which very few people will pay much notice to. I am quite sure that the BNP will have nothing [surely that's meant to be 'something']to do with it. My concern is for people to wake up to the reality of the BNP and the damage they do to the community and our town. I have got to do more to reach out to people to help find solutions to the problem. The video tries to exploit the July 7 bombings and the truth is that rather than divide us, in many ways the attacks united us with much more multi-faith work taking place and people understanding their responsibilities to each other. A sick, pathetic video by individuals is hardly going to change that."

Dewsbury Reporter