British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today that his government would set up a special police unit to deal with violent protesters and that the justice system would be strengthened to deal with hundreds of arrests after cities were rocked by violent far-right protests last week. .
Starmer called the emergency meeting over the lawlessness, which he blamed on the far right and misinformation on social media.
A knife attack at a children's dance class in a town near Liverpool killed three girls and injured several children, the perpetrator was arrested, but the false claim that he was a Muslim and an asylum seeker spread on social media - leading to physical attacks on migrants and Muslims.
"Whatever the motive, this is not a protest. This is pure violence, and we will not tolerate attacks on mosques and our Muslim communities. Those identified as participants in these activities will face the full force of the law," Starmer said.
An angry mob attacked two hotels where asylum seekers are staying yesterday. Before the police could react, disperse the crowd and evacuate the residents, the attackers managed to break windows and set fires.
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Dozens of police officers were injured in the clashes in the last six days. They were hit by bricks, bottles and large wooden beams.
A spokesman for Keir Starmer said there had been no request for the army to be called in, but the Home Office had offered mosques better protection through a new "rapid response process" set up to deal more quickly with the threat of new attacks on places of worship.
The spokesman said, after a meeting with representatives of social networks, that they did not do enough to prevent the spread of false information that fueled right-wing violence, that some of that false information came from other countries, and that "bot activity can be linked to supported by some countries".
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