Riot police subjected to relentless and 'sickening' attack with vans set alight in night of chaos in Southport
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRiot police were subjected to a relentless and 'sickening' attack, with vans set alight and wheelie bins hurled at officers in a night of chaos and disorder in Southport.
Swathes of protestors, many armed with bricks and bottles, launched an attack on police who were called to St Luke’s Road following a nearby mosque being targeted by suspected English Defence League supporters.
The violence came just after huge crowds of mourners had gathered together to remember the lives of three innocent children killed in the brutal stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party on Monday morning (July 29). READ MORE LIVE: 'Disorder' erupts outside Southport mosque after vigil to remember children killed in stabbings Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, all died in the horror attack after a knifeman began targeting young children enjoying the music event.
Scenes of disorder started to break out at around 7.45pm on Tuesday (July 30), after a mosque on St Luke's Road, nearby to the scene of the stabbings, was targeted.
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