Keir Starmer vows to protect mosques with new violent disorder unit after rioting
by Nicky Harley, The National:
Widespread riots hit the country sparked by disinformation following a knife attack on children.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has created a new violent disorder unit as he vowed to “take every step possible” to keep the Muslim community safe following days of riots.
He called an emergency meeting of all police chiefs on Thursday after disinformation online about the identify of the person alleged to be responsible for killing three children led to hundreds of far right protestors targeting mosques and rioting across the country.
Protests which began in Southport on Tuesday with 300 rioters throwing bricks at the police, injuring more than 50 of them, and setting fires outside a mosque, swiftly spread to Hartlepool and Manchester and last night finally to the doors of the prime minister’s residence in London.
On Thursday, Sir Keir vowed to create a new unit to tackle mob violence and vowed to crackdown on the far right and protect the Muslim community.
“For the Muslim community I will take every step possible to keep you safe,” he said.
“Mosques being attacked because they’re mosques – the far right are showing who they are. We have to show who we are in response to that. The far right’s conduct is co-ordinated and deliberate. It is a group absolutely bent on violence and we will ensure it is met with the most robust response in the next few days and weeks.
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