UK riots live: Dozens arrested as police hospitalised and shops looted by far-right thugs

04/08/2024

Unrest throughout England as far-right protesters destroy shops and cars Breaking News

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A far-right mob have set fire to a Rotherham ^[1] hotel used to house migrants as police brace for more violence across the UK on Sunday.

Masked rioters, some draped in England flags, assembled outside a Holiday Express hotel in Manvers, South Yorkshire, as they clashed with police.

After thugs threw bricks and smashed windows, footage emerged of a fire raging from a bottom-floor window as hotel guests looked on from the top floor. It is unclear if they were migrants.

It comes after at least 90 people were arrested after riots rocked major cities including Manchester ^[2], Liverpool ^[3], Hull and Stoke ^[4] on Saturday, leaving destruction in their wake.

A library was torched in Liverpool, Merseyside, after “violent thugs” descended on it and left part of the building reduced to ash.

Meanwhile, shoe shops, vape shops and cafes were destroyed in other towns and cities. In Belfast, a Syrian cafe owner said he had “no words” after his business was destroyed.

Chief Constable BJ Harrington, who speaks on public order for the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said authorities are prepared for people to “try and do this again in the coming days”.

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Rotherham rioters attempting to turn over police van

Demonstrators in Rotherham appear to be attempting to turn over a police van.

Footage shared on social media shows multiple masked men surrounding the police van as officers attempt to stop them.

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Jabed Ahmed4 August 2024 14:57

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Pictured: Police under siege at Rotherham hotel

Police officers tend to a wounded colleague inside the hotel as seen through a smashed window (Danny Lawson/PA Wire)Fire extinguishers are used on police officers as trouble flares during an anti-immigration protest outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham (Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Alexander Butler4 August 2024 14:55

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Pictured: Mob attack and set fire to Holiday Inn

A far-right mob attacked and set fire to a Holiday Inn believed to be housing migrants in Rotherham (Reuters)The group clashed with police as a fired raged on the bottom floor of the hotel (Reuters)