In several major cities in England, clashes have occurred between right-wing radicals, migrants and the police. The British government has authorized law enforcement to use all special means.
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The BBC writes on August 4 that on Saturday, protest demonstrations against immigrants continued in several cities in central and northern England following the murder of children on July 29 in the city of Southport. Then, a 17-year-old teenager of Rwandan origin stabbed three girls and wounded several more children in a dance club.
Demonstrations began in Southport’s neighbouring Liverpool, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, Gully, Leeds, Blackpool, Nottingham and the Northern Ireland capital, Belfast.
Right-wing and anti-immigration demonstrations began in Southport on Tuesday, where three dozen police officers were injured.
Localised rioting then broke out in Hartlepool and then on Friday in Sunderland, where a crowd smashed a police station and set fire to a nearby building.
In Liverpool, right-wing radicals threw a scooter at police. In Halley, police were forced to use tear gas against demonstrators who smashed the windows of a hotel with refugees.
In Stoke-on-Trent, Muslims protested with metal pipes in their hands. Clashes between migrants and members of the nationalist English Defence League left several people seriously injured.
On Saturday, some of the demonstrations were relatively calm, while others escalated into clashes between three sides at once: right-wing radicals, antifa, and the police trying to stop them.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said police had “the full support of the government to take action against hate-mongering extremists”.
As reported by the media, the rioters baselessly believe that a migrant may have been involved in the attack on the dance club in Southport. Erroneous reports about migrants’ involvement in the events are actively spreading on social networks.
In fact, British police said the 17-year-old suspected of carrying out the attack was born in the Welsh capital of Cardiff.
Source: Racurs
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