UK Police Brace from Further Protest Over Mass Immigration

Police in the UK are bracing for more protests and putting more officers on the streets this weekend over the killings in Southport England. Mosques have tightened security after citizens fed up over immigration torched cars following the murder of three young girls.

Riots involving thousands of people erupted this week, after information spread rapidly online that the suspect in the killings in Southport was a radical Muslim migrant.

The suspect – who has been named as Axel Rudakubana – lived in Cardiff with his parents. He is charged with murdering Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, at a dance studio in Southport.

He is also accused of ten attempted murders, including those of eight more children as well as dance teacher Leanne Lucas, 35, and businessman John Hayes, who ran to help at the scene.

The teenager’s identity initially could not be revealed because suspects under 18 receive automatic anonymity in all UK court cases, except for in exceptional circumstances.

But after a successful application to the judge by the Daily Mail, the identity of Rudakubana – who turns 18 next week – can now be reported.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the demonstrations – AP Image

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, facing his first big test since being elected a month ago, has condemned the violence, and backed Met police to take strong action. Starmer has travelled twice to Southport since the attack, meeting community leaders and thanking the emergency services.

The last time major widespread violence erupted in Britain was in 2011 when thousands took to the streets for six nights after police shot dead a Black man in London.

On Friday night hundred demonstrators fed up with the governments open door immigration policy gathered in Sunderland, England, where they threw stones at police in riot gear near a mosque, before overturning vehicles, setting a car alight and starting a fire near a police station.

Four police officers were taken to hospital and ten people were arrested for offences including violent disorder and burglary, Met Police stated.

According to the the Daily Mail at least 30 more demonstrations are being planned across the UK this weekend, along with a number of counter-protests by anti-racism groups.

Mosques nationwide have strengthened security arrangements for the weekend, the Muslim Council of Britain said following a security briefing with hundreds of representatives from mosques and Islamic centres across the country.

Source: Daily Mail, BBC

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