Britain: Sunderland incident Night – Police Department Fired · Global Voices

A police station was attacked and the next property was set on fire, as protesters clashed with police in Sunderland during a demonstration linked to the Southport knife attack.

There had been a stoning against police officers with riot equipment outside a mosque in the city, as well as other conflicts between far-right rioters and police forces. Northumbria police said its police had suffered “serious violence” and recommended that citizens avoid the area. Interior Minister Yvette Cooper said that “the criminals who attack police and incite unrest on our streets will pay the price for their violence and bullied behavior.” == sync, corrected by elderman == Riots pic.twitter.com/JGgI5iDOad

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Slight police repelled the protesters, some of whom wore masks, from the mosque on St Mark’s Road. Police also accepted beer barrels thrown against them, as the young men shouted ” Whose are the streets? Our streets.” in fluent hooligan dialect. Members of the crowd shouted in favor of extreme right Tommy Robinson, while others shouted Islamophobic characterizations. Cars downtown also became the target of the team, with a flipped car burning. The Tyne and Wear fire department confirmed that it was at the scene of the fire from the Sunderland Central Police Office. A crowd of about 200 anti-racist and anti-fascist protesters also gathered outside the Abdullah Quilliam mosque in Liverpool after rumors of a far-right protest there.

The group shouted “say it out loud, say it clearly: refugees are welcome here” (In English rhymes: “Say it Loud, say it clear: Refugees are welcome here”). Prosecutor Stephen Parkinson said additional prosecutors were called to work this weekend to deal with the turmoil.

A 17-year-old was arrested and charged with murdering the three girls in a Southport dance show, a crime that has shocked the entire country. Episodic protests broke out in the past days in Southport, Hartlepool, and London, after false information released on social networks that the arrester was an extremist Muslim illegally found in Britain.