Starmer To Hold Emergency Meeting Over Rioting

The Associated Press reports:

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an urgent meeting with ministers and top law enforcement officials as he seeks to end days of street violence and attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers, which he has described as thuggery.

Lawlessness has swept the country over the past six days as right-wing activists used social media to spread misinformation to whip up anger over a stabbing rampage at a dance class that left three girls dead and many more wounded.

False rumors spread online that the suspect was a Muslim and an immigrant, leading to attacks on immigrants and Muslims.

Read the full article. The attacker has been identified as the Wales-born son of Rwandan immigrants. Rwanda is around 95% Christian.

The Government will hold an emergency response meeting after more than 150 people were arrested following violent disorder in towns and cities over the weekend.

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