Far-right protesters clash with police as UK unrest spreads

4/8/2024 6:22

        Far-right protesters clashed with British police during tense rallies Saturday (Aug 3) as unrest linked to disinformation about a mass stabbing that killed three young girls spread across the UK.
        
        The violence, which has seen scores of arrests across England and put Britain's Muslim community on edge, presents the biggest challenge yet of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer's month-old premiership.
        
        It has also put hard-right agitators linked to football hooliganism in the spotlight at a time when anti-immigration elements are enjoying some electoral success in British politics.
        
        Demonstrators threw chairs, flares and bricks at officers in the northwestern English city of Liverpool, while scuffles between police and protesters broke out in nearby Manchester.
        
        In Belfast, Northern Ireland, fireworks were thrown amid tense exchanges between an anti-Islam group and an anti-racism rally.