/ 01 August 2024

Starmer scolds Southport rioters

Police car. Free public domain CC0 photo.
Police car. Free public domain CC0 photo.

There have been riots in Britain’s Southport hours after a vigil for the victims of Monday’s stabbing attack which left 3 children dead. UK PM Keir Starmer says those responsible for the “violence and thuggery” will “feel the full force of the law”. The chaos that was thought to have been led by the far-right English Defence League left 39 police officers injured, a mosque and local shop vandalised, and several fires burning. Assistant Chief Constable Alex Goss said it was “sickening” to see this happen within the “devastated” community. The 17yo allegedly behind the attack can’t be named due to his age, which has led to false reports of his identity circulating online. It was speculated he was a Muslim asylum seeker, but authorities say he was born in the UK. 

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