Britain: Starmer wants “fast” convictions of far-right troublemakers

== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man A week after the knife attack, which cost three little girls lives in northwestern England and with the background of speculation about the origin of the suspect, the country has been facing the worst episodes for 13 years. Hundreds of arrests took place in the wake of violent riots in recent days: looting in hotels hosting asylum seekers, attacks on mosques, looting in shops. After a meeting to deal with the crisis in Downing Street, the head of the Labour government announced the mobilisation of a “permanent army” of qualified police officers to deal with the conflicts, without going into details. Whatever their motive, this is not a protest, it is clear violence and we will not tolerate attacks against mosques or against our Muslim communities,” said Starmer today.

“The law will be imposed on total force against those who have been identified as participating.”

In power for a month, Kir Starmer stressed that his “absolute” priority is to put an end to the riots and that “criminal sanctions will be swift”, while “secure the streets will be safe for citizens”, after the weekend episodes.

As of yesterday afternoon he had warned that the rioters “will regret” participating in the episodes of the last few days.

The incidents broke out in Southport the day after the knife attack on this city, with the unconfirmed information background, partially refuted, on the religion and origins of the 17-year-old suspect, Axel Rudakuwana, who is faced with prosecutions for homicides and attempted homicide. Officially, all that has become known is that he was born in Wales, with the media confirming that his parents originate from Rwanda. After many days of conflicts in particular in Liverpool (northwest), Belfast (Northern Ireland) or even Bristol (southwest), these gatherings, with a central slogan “Enough is enough” as a reference to the arrival in Britain of immigrants travelling through the Channel with lifeboats, were marked by attacks against two hotels hosting asylum seekers.

In Rotherham (northerland), more than 700 people, according to the police, participated in the protests, broke shop windows and set fire, with some of them chanting slogans, such as “Get them out”. Twelve police officers were injured and six people were arrested, with South Yorkshire police deputy Lindsay Butterfield, to assure that the number of arrests would increase “significantly in the next few days”. In Tamworth, near Birmingham (centrally), a hotel was found in the target of protesters, who “broken windows, set fire and attacked police”, according to the officer.

The country has never experienced such an outbreak of violence since 2011, after the death of a mixed man named Mark Dugan, who was killed by police in northern London. According to the British media count, more than 400 people have been arrested for a week. Many of them remained in custody after being taken before the investigating authorities. These criminals will pay the price,” Interior Minister Yvet Cooper pledged to the BBC. “We have been assured that courts are ready, additional prosecutors will be available”.