Far-right protests in London, Hartlepool and Manchester followed fatal stabbing of three children on Monday
Keir Starmer will host senior police leaders in Downing Street on Thursday afternoon after a second night of violent unrest across England.
Eight other children suffered knife wounds, with five of them in a critical condition. Two adults were also critically injured.The incident sparked violent unrest in London, Hartlepool and Manchester overnight on Wednesday, while a demonstration in Aldershot led to a tense standoff with riot police. In London, more than 100 people were arrested after protesters in Whitehall launched beer cans and glass bottles at police and threw flares at the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square.In Hartlepool, a police car was set alight after a large group of people gathered in the Murray Street area. Officers were attacked with missiles, glass bottles and eggs, Cleveland police said. They had made eight arrests, with more expected.
The protest in London was staged under the banner Enough is Enough. Demonstrators wearing England flags chanted “We want our country back” and: “Oh Tommy Robinson”, referring to the rightwing activist. One man wore a shirt with the slogan: “Nigel Farage for Prime Minister, Tommy Robinson for Home Secretary”.
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