"This village within a city, as locals describe it, came to global attention again last month when Elon Musk amplified anti-immigrant misinformation about an incident allegedly involving a 12-year-old girl who was charged with being in possession of offensive weapons. Scotland's first minister John Swinney accused the multibillionaire X owner of undermining community cohesion after he shared widely circulated video footage of the incident."
"A month later, Lochee locals are still processing the reverberations: Dundee girl' was declared a hero by far-right influencers, including Tommy Robinson, with memes depicting her as Braveheart, while mainstream media called the area Scotland's Bronx, highlighting tower blocks stuffed with addicts and migrants. What the hot takes and hatchet jobs didn't explain is that this online frenzy concluded a summer of tragedy for Lochee one in which community spirit, rather than division, has shone through."
"In a brutal killing of the kind rarely seen in the area, Dr Fortune Gomo, 39, a scientist from Zimbabwe who graduated from Dundee University, was found fatally injured in the street in early July. And later that month a popular teenager and ice hockey champion who grew up there, Gary Kelly, fell to his death while on holiday in Ibiza."
The old mill chimney still dominates Lochee, a Dundee neighbourhood with a jute-industry past. Elon Musk amplified anti-immigrant misinformation about an incident involving an allegedly armed 12-year-old, prompting Scotland's first minister to accuse him of undermining community cohesion; police later charged a man and a woman. Far-right influencers celebrated the girl while some media sensationalised the area as Scotland's Bronx. The online frenzy followed a tragic summer in Lochee: the fatal street attack on Dr Fortune Gomo and the holiday death of local teenager and ice hockey champion Gary Kelly. Local groups and residents have responded with visible solidarity and community support.
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