Sky News: Britain’s prime minister to hold meeting after anti-immigrant protests
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold a meeting of the government’s emergency COBRA committee on Monday after the past anti-immigrant protests with riots, Sky News TV channel reported.
“Today on the sixth day of escalating rioting in Downing Street (in the office of the Prime Minister – ed.) is to hold a COBRA meeting, after “bandits” tried to storm hotels where asylum seekers are staying,” – reports the TV channel.
It is noted that at the meeting, ministers and law enforcement officials will discuss the response to the surge in violence.
On Sunday, Starmer said in an address to the nation that the participants of the riots taking place in various cities of the country will regret their actions. On the same day, the country’s Interior Ministry announced urgent measures to protect mosques.
Police in the British county of Merseyside reported a knife attack on children in the town of Southport on 29 July. Three children died, while several other children and two adults were taken to hospital in critical condition. Law enforcers detained the 17-year-old and he has been charged with killing three people, attempting to kill ten others and possession of a cold weapon. Police confirmed that they are not linking the attack to terrorism. According to police, the attack took place during a dance and yoga class for children.
The reaction of residents in Southport, London and several other towns to the attack erupted into protests that escalated into clashes with police and riots over the spread of unconfirmed information that the suspect was a refugee. Sky News later reported that the perpetrator of the attack turned out to be a teenager from a Rwandan family born in Wales. According to law enforcement officials, the riots were allegedly staged by supporters of the far-right English Defence League movement. A number of British media saw an alleged Russian trace in fuelling the far-right protests. The Russian Embassy in London rejected all reports of Russia’s alleged involvement in fuelling the riots in Britain.
