On Sunday, August 4, two hotels were targeted by protesters in the United Kingdom in riots of unprecedented violence in the country. Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised that the rioters would regret their actions.
Riots of unprecedented violence in more than a decade continued in the United Kingdom on Sunday, where at least two hotels housing asylum seekers were targeted, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer promising that anti-migrant and Islamophobic rioters would regret their actions.
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The riots began after three girls were killed in a knife attack in Southport, northwest England, on Monday, a tragedy that sparked widespread rumours and misinformation on social media about the alleged attacker’s religion and origins.
Anti-migrant protests continue in the UK
Protests that turned into riots and clashes with police took place across England and Northern Ireland: in London, Hartlepool, Bristol, Belfast, Southport, Hull, Stoke-on-Trent and Liverpool.
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“I guarantee you will regret having participated in this disorder,” whether directly or indirectly, “by provoking these online actions,” said the leader of the Labour government, who came to power just a month ago, in a short statement from Downing Street. Keir Starmer promised that his government would do “whatever it takes to bring these thugs to justice as quickly as possible.”
“Enough is enough”
He spoke after further rallies took place on Sunday under the slogan “Enough is enough”, in reference to the arrival in the UK of migrants crossing the Channel in rubber dinghies. Police said they had made nearly 150 arrests since Saturday.
The Southport tragedy has given rise to multiple rumours and misinformation on social media about the religion and origin of the alleged attacker. AFP – JUSTIN TALLIS
In Tamworth, near Birmingham (centre), the local police said they intervened on Sunday evening near a hotel, targeted by a “large group of individuals”. They “threw projectiles, broke windows, lit fires and targeted the police” and one police officer was injured, they detailed.
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Earlier in Rotherham, in the north, several hundred people gathered outside a hotel housing asylum seekers and clashes broke out with police. At least ten police officers were injured, but no hotel staff or guests, local police said.
Some participants broke windows of the establishment, started a fire, threw projectiles at the police, while others shouted slogans such as “Kick them out”. Some managed to enter the hotel, although it was not immediately clear whether asylum seekers were inside that day.
