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The New York Times reports:
Almost 40 police officers were injured in the northwestern English town of Southport on Tuesday evening after a day of mourning for children killed in a stabbing attack was disrupted by far-right protesters. A large group that the police say included supporters of the English Defence League, a far-right extremist organization, began attacking a mosque in Southport on Tuesday evening, according to a statement from the Merseyside Police Service.
Officials said that the targeting of the mosque and the ensuing riot appeared to be linked to online disinformation about the stabbing on Monday, when an attacker killed three children and injured eight other children and two adults at a dance class in Southport. A flood of disinformation online about the perpetrator of the attack was amplified by far-right influencers, including Tommy Robinson, an anti-Islam agitator, and Andrew Tate, another extremist online personality.
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Police have not named the perpetrator, who they say was born in Cardiff, Wales. Robinson was arrested on terrorism charges on the day before the stabbing attack.
“We can’t let these people politicise what should be a time of grief and mourning.”
Local councillor for Kew Ward, Sean Halsall, speaks to @skysarahjane after crowds clashed with police near a Mosque following the stabbings in Southport.
📺 Sky 501 pic.twitter.com/YlaphlzqVs
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 31, 2024
Want some good news today? Tommy Robinson has been arrested under counter-terrorism laws 😂👏🙏 pic.twitter.com/kSyhBPlpl4
— The Left Bible (@theleftbible) July 28, 2024
Here is the touching tribute left for the people of Southport by the knuckle-dragging racist dickheads who visited last night. pic.twitter.com/eFe2lLS3tH
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) July 31, 2024
The chairman of the Mosque in Southport Ibrahim Hussein says he’s been moved to tears by the kindness of the community after the violence last night. They were inside when the mosque was pelted with bricks, leaving the muslim community fearing for their lives. #Southport pic.twitter.com/shhyIhqPXm
— Elaine Willcox (@ElaineWITV) July 31, 2024
One small positive among the disgusting scenes in Southport is this far right fuckwit getting his nadgers crushed by a flying brick. pic.twitter.com/M46CSJgbEd
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) July 30, 2024
Southport Right now. The fucking state of this country
pic.twitter.com/XhE7GUsgUo— Michael Walsh (@thatbloodyMikey) July 30, 2024