2024-08-08 06:09:39
In Liverpool, several hundred people gathered to protect a center for asylum seekers, British news agency PA reported.
Britain has been experiencing far-right riots for more than a week. Rioters have attacked security forces, centers for asylum seekers and mosques in recent days. Cars and buildings were set on fire.
Police again braced for riots overnight and, according to media reports, feared that law firms and counseling centers that provide assistance to asylum seekers could be targeted. In some places, for example, window panes were boarded up as a precaution.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper thanked the police for their efforts to keep order. According to reports, King Charles III is regularly informed of developments.
Violence erupted in cities and towns across England and Northern Ireland after three girls were killed and eight children and two adults were injured at a dance class in Southport last week.
False information spread online that the attacker was an asylum seeker with a Muslim name. The police deny this. He is a 17-year-old born in Great Britain, whose parents are from Rwanda. The motive for the crime is not clear.
Of the more than 400 arrested rioters, about 120 have already been charged. Liverpool Crown Court sentenced the three men to prison terms of between 20 months and three years. According to law enforcement sources, more than 560 additional places will be created in prisons starting next week.
2024-08-08 06:09:39