After more than a week of sporadic far-right violence, a fever seemed to ease in Britain on Wednesday night.
During the previous days, racist and anti-immigrant rioting had flared in more than a dozen towns and cities across England and in Northern Ireland.
The spark for the rioting was anger over a knife attack that killed three young girls and falsehoods that spread online about the perpetrator.
Those participating in the riots have remained a small and strongly unpopular fringe, disowned even by politicians who seek to channel broader public misgivings about immigration.
His assault killed three girls: Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9; Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7; and Bebe King, 6.
Persons:
’, Taylor Swift, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King
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Britain, England, Northern Ireland, Southport