He also noted the criminal justice system would continue 'working speedily' to convict those already arrested.
He also noted the criminal justice system would continue "working speedily" to convict those already arrested.
The UK leader said despite a largely peaceful Wednesday evening, he would chair another emergency meeting of senior ministers and police leaders later on Thursday to plan for potential trouble in “the coming days”. Starmer credited “police deployed in numbers in the right places, giving reassurance to communities” with helping to ease the unrest overnight.
The violence has been fuelled by misinformation spread on social media about the suspected perpetrator of a knife attack on July 29 which killed three children.London’s Metropolitan Police chief Mark Rowley, who ordered thousands of officers onto the streets of the capital on Wednesday, said he was “really pleased” with how the police and local communities had responded to the riots.
“And to those far-right thugs still intent on sowing hatred and division: you will never be welcome here,” he added on X.
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