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Police asked to investigate racist Twitter abuse of Toure

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Manchester City's Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure

The police have been called to investigate claims that Manchester City's Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure was racially abused within hours of re-activating his Twitter account on Monday.

The 31-year-old left Twitter five months ago to focus on the World Cup but within hours of sending his first tweet on the social network site since then, he was subjected to racist insults, the Anti-Discrimination group Kick It Out said in a statement.

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