Police attacked in Plymouth and Belfast overnight as far-right riots continue across England and Northern Ireland
The government has introduced more than 500 additional prison places in response to the far-right riots, the justice minister has said, and those causing disorder will have a “prison place waiting for them”.
Nearly 400 arrests have been made since the disorder began a week ago in the wake of the Southport stabbings. Police officers were attacked and injured in Plymouth, Belfast and Darlington on Monday.
Police officers have been injured during “sustained violence” in Plymouth as disorder on Monday continued for a seventh day after the Southport stabbings.
In Belfast, social media footage showed officers attacked with missiles in the Donegall Road and Sandy Row areas. The violence occurred in the same area where two businesses were attacked on Saturday.
Nearly 400 arrests have been made since the Southport stabbings a week ago, after which the riots began. The total is expected to rise each day, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said.
Neil Basu, Britain’s former head of counter-terrorism, said he believed the worst of the far-right violence should be treated as terrorism.
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