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Protesters attacked police and started fires in the northeast English city of Sunderland on Friday as violence spread to another northern city following Monday’s killing of three children in Southport. Violent incidents have erupted across England following the murder of three girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop. Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a second visit to Southport since the murders. British police chiefs have agreed to deploy officers in large numbers over the weekend to deter violence. Drik / Getty ImagesMosques across the country are also on a heightened state of alert, the Muslim Council of Britain said.
Persons: Helena Barron, Taylor Swift, Barron, Axel Rudakubana, Keir Starmer, , ” Gavin Stephens, Zara Mohammed, we’re, ” Mohammed, Organizations: Protesters, Sunderland, BBC, Northumbria Police, Firefighters, Three, Southport, National Police Chiefs ’, BBC Radio, ” Police, Muslim Council of, Police, Islamic Locations: Southport ., Northumbria, Sunderland, England, Liverpool, Southport, Hartlepool, London, Britain, Muslim Council of Britain, Southport —, Northern Ireland, Belfast
Riot police armed with shields and batons attempt to restore order in Southport, England on July 30, 2024. The North West Ambulance Service said it treated 39 police officers injured in the violence, 27 of whom were taken to hospital. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesPolice have said the suspect is from the village of Banks, near Southport, and was originally from Cardiff, Wales. More must be done to tackle Islamophobia and offer reassurance at this time.”On Tuesday, police named the three girls killed in the stabbing as Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9. Taylor Swift, whose music was the theme of the dance class targeted in the attack, said Tuesday she was “completely in shock.”
Persons: Keir Starmer, thuggery, , , ” Starmer, Taylor Swift, Constable Alex Goss, ” Goss, Christopher Furlong, Goss, Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, King, Bebe, Starmer Organizations: CNN, British, Protesters, English Defence League, Merseyside Police, Police, Riot, Getty, ” Merseyside Police, North West Ambulance Service, Muslim, of Britain, MCB, Locations: Southport, Southport , England, Banks, Cardiff, Wales
"I feel really alone and if somebody with the status of an elected official can’t be protected then how must others feel?” said Omar. Official data shows a significant, smaller increase in anti-Muslim incidents in Britain and is patchy for the other two countries. "The vast majority of Muslims do not file a complaint when they are victims of such acts. A spokesperson for France's national police acknowledged data on anti-Muslim incidents was "incomplete", and relied on victims filing a complaint. For some Muslims in Germany, which has welcomed about a million Syrians and just under 400,000 Afghans in recent years, rising hostility came as a surprise.
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