Violent Far-Right Mobs Are Rioting Across The UK After A Stabbing Was Falsely Blamed On A Muslim Migrant
The riots broke out after the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class was wrongly attributed to a Muslim migrant.
Far-right supporters are holding anti-immigration and anti-Muslim riots throughout England after the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class was wrongly attributed to a Muslim migrant.
On Monday, July 29, three girls, aged six, seven and nine, were killed in the knife attack in Southport in Northwest England.
Eight other children and five adults were also injured.
The murderer, later named as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder.
Rudakubana’s identity was first not revealed since the minors cannot have their identities made public until they are sentenced in the UK.
After news of the murder, people began claiming the killer was a Muslim asylum seeker despite the fact Rudakubana was born in Cardiff to Christian Rwandan parents and is a British citizen.
Prominent far-right members and their supporters shared names and images of Muslims with no correlation to the incident on X.
The amount of disinformation led the court to release Rudakubana’s name.
However, far-right groups had already organized riots through Telegram and began rioting and clashing with police.
The unrest first broke out a after a vigil to honor the victims on July 30.
Members of far-right group, the English Defence League (EDL), hit the police with bricks, set a police van on fire and stormed the local mosque, shouting, “Send them back.”
The EDL is a far-right, anti-Islam group that rejects the idea ethnic minorities can be English.
Founded in 2009, the group believes Islam is a threat to English values and says it is trying to preserve the “declining” English culture due to the rising immigration rates.
On Sunday, Aug. 5, nearly 700 rioters in Rotherham, a nearby city, began to set alight a hotel where refugees were staying as temporary housing, clashing with police.
Riots have now spread throughout the UK and even to Northern Ireland’s Belfast.
Police have arrested nearly 400 people, while dozens of police officers have been injured.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the riots, deeming it “far-right thuggery” and said those involved “will regret it”.
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