UK PM Keir Starmer vows 'swift criminal sanctions' after far-right riots erupted over the murder of three children.
UK PM Keir Starmer vows "swift criminal sanctions" after far-right riots erupted over the murder of three children.
The prime minister met with ministers and police chiefs, including Scotland Yard boss Mark Rowley, to discuss how to quell the violence that first broke out in Southport, northwest England, on Tuesday. He also said a “standing army” of specially-trained police officers was ready to be deployed to support local forces where any further riots break out.EFF condemns anti-immigrant protests in Britain
Cooper also said that social media put a “rocket booster” under the violence, and Starmer stressed that “criminal law applies online as well as offline”.Police have blamed the violence on people associated with the English Defence League, an anti-Islam organisation founded 15 years ago whose supporters have been linked to football hooliganism.
There were also large scuffles in Bolton, northwest England, and Middlesbrough, northeast England, where mobs smashed windows of houses and cars, leading to 43 arrests.The violence is a major challenge for Starmer, elected only a month ago after leading Labour to a landslide win over the Conservatives.
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