On Wednesday, 100 people were arrested after violence in London’s Government Quarters, and last Friday another ten people were arrested when a building next to a police station was set on fire in Sunderland.
During Saturday, the British media reports on even more unrest in several places in Great Britain, and that it is supposed to be far-right forces behind it.
Sky News reports on large police presence in both Leeds and Nottingham. There are also reports of unrest in Blackpool where two groups are said to have clashed. Among other things, one group is said to have sung “English till I die”, “we want our country back” and songs about right-wing English Defense League leader Tommy Robinson.
Targeted at asylum seekers
It is also reported that two young boys have been arrested after displaying violent behavior in Hartlepool.
People are said to have been injured in Liverpool, Blackpool and Hull. In the latter city, three police officers were injured after a group tried to target a hotel where the majority of asylum seekers were to stay.
The country’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, has held crisis talks with his ministers on Saturday and has underlined that the government stands behind the police.
“The police have our full support in cracking down on the extremists who take to our streets to attack police, destroy businesses and try to spread hate in our community,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
Suspected of murdering three girls
The unrest is rooted in the knife attack in Southport that shook the whole of Britain earlier this week.
Three young girls were killed and several adults and children were injured when a 17-year-old boy attacked a Taylor Swift-themed dance class with a knife.
The suspected perpetrator was arrested shortly after the crime and has since been identified as Axel Rudakubana, who was born in Great Britain.
Before the judge gave the green light for the country’s media to name him, rumors abounded that the perpetrator was an asylum seeker, leading to violent protests outside a mosque in Southport.