 In 2016, armed police arrested scores of protesters at Gurdwara Sahib in Leamington Spa, which "The Telegraph" claims "has a history of tensions over mixed marriages".Sikh Youth UK, who were behind the protest, blamed "a rogue Gurdwara committee creating discord".One Sikh journalist called the issue a "deepening schism" while another deplored the protesters' use of masks, and the way their actions allowed the "kirpan" (ceremonial dagger) to be seen as a bladed weapon, thus giving "the racists and the bigots justifications for their ignorant hatred".