Violence on the streets of British cities continued for another day, with officers injured and arrested in clashes between groups representing far-right groups and attacks on police using bricks, flares and Molotov cocktails on Monday.
The wave of protests that are turning into riots has begun after the killing of three teenage girls on July 29 in Southport near Liverpool by 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, who has Rwandan roots participating in a yoga and dance course for children.
The demonstrations, which mainly gather supporters of the far right, are anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic in nature, which is related to the protests that appeared immediately after the murder. false reports that the perpetrator was a Muslim asylum seeker.
According to the BBC the Rudakubane family professes Christianityand the police have still not established a possible motive for the crime, ruling out terrorism.
Participants in the clashes in Rotherham. Photo from August 4th Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Clashes in a number of cities
More such protests took place on Monday evening in several cities, including Plymouth and Birmingham. In Plymouth, there were clashes between demonstrators and police who were separating them from counter-protesters. Despite around 150 officers keeping the two groups apart, the anti-immigration protesters threw rocks, bottles and other objects, and set off flares.
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Police reported late in the evening that several officers had been injured and a police car had been damaged. In Birmingham, a pub was attacked and several cars were damaged.
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Brick attacks
According to British television Sky News, police were attacked with bricks during a protest in Darlington. In Belfast, aggressive protesters threw flares and Molotov cocktails at police.
Devon and Cornwall Police said six people had been arrested after several officers were injured and bricks and flares were thrown at them, Sky News reported.
A 50-year-old man has been taken to hospital following an attack during the Belfast riots on Monday night, according to the BBBC, which police are treating as a racially motivated hate crime.
Six people will appear in court in Sheffield following a riot outside a hotel in Rotherham.
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Vigil for the victims of a knife attacker
A vigil was held in Southport on Monday evening for the victims of a stabbing. This time it was peaceful and there were no incidents. Police said that day that only one of the eight children injured by the attacker remains in hospital.
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