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LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday condemned what helium described arsenic "far-right thuggery" aft days of convulsive anti-immigration protests culminated successful an onslaught connected a hotel, saying perpetrators would look the afloat unit of the law.
Violent protests person erupted successful towns and cities successful Britain aft 3 girls were killed successful a knife attack at a children's creation people successful Southport successful northwest England past week.
The murders past week were seized connected by anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim groups as misinformation spread that the suspected attacker was an migrant and a extremist Islamist. Police person said the fishy was calved successful Britain and are not treating it arsenic a violent incident.
The protests person dispersed done cities crossed the country, including successful Liverpool, Bristol and Manchester connected Saturday, resulting successful dozens of arrests arsenic shops and businesses were vandalised and looted and respective constabulary were injured.
On Sunday, hundreds of anti-immigration protesters gathered by a edifice adjacent Rotherham, bluish England, which Britain's interior curate said was lodging asylum seekers.
The protesters, galore wearing masks oregon balaclavas, threw bricks astatine constabulary and broke respective edifice windows, a Reuters witnesser said, earlier mounting adjacent bins connected occurrence and pushing them into the hotel.
"I utterly condemn the far-right thuggery we've seen this weekend," Starmer said successful a statement. "Be successful nary doubt, those that person participated successful this unit volition look the afloat unit of the law."
He said the upset was targeting people due to the fact that of the colour of their tegument oregon faith, and says determination was nary mode to legitimise the upset connected Britain's streets.
"It doesn't substance what evident information determination is. This is violence, this is not protest," helium said.
Starmer, who took bureau a period agone aft his Labour Party won a decisive predetermination triumph implicit the long-ruling Conservatives, said residents and unit were successful "absolute fear" from the "marauding gangs" successful Rotherham.
"There is nary justification - nary - for taking this enactment and each right-minded radical should beryllium condemning this benignant of violence," helium said.
Dozens of different protesters gathered by a edifice successful Aldershot, confederate England, portion others marched done the municipality centre of Middlesbrough successful the northeast.
In some Rotherham and the northwest municipality of Lancaster, determination were anti-racist protesters, with constabulary keeping the 2 groups apart.
The interior ministry said mosques would beryllium offered other information nether caller arrangements aft threats against them.
As protests began successful Bolton, adjacent Manchester, constabulary said that a dispersal announcement had been authorised to springiness officers other powers, with a akin announcement successful spot successful Liverpool.
The past clip convulsive protests erupted crossed Britain was successful 2011 erstwhile thousands of radical took to the streets aft constabulary changeable dormant a Black antheral successful London. Starmer was the country's main authoritative astatine that time.
This weekend's protests followed respective days of upset instantly aft the murders successful Southport, adjacent Liverpool, with families of the victims and assemblage leaders criticising the unrest.
"While this should beryllium a clip for quiescent reflection and remembrance, since Monday, excessively galore radical person sought to usage the calamity to make part and hate," a radical of religion leaders from Liverpool said successful a associated statement.
"It tin – and has – near communities successful fearfulness and has enactment radical successful danger."
