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The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, August 1, 2024, p. 27

London. Protesters clashed with police near British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Downing Street residence in central London on Monday after three girls were killed in Southport, north-west England, this week.

The violence erupted a day after far-right protesters clashed with police outside a mosque in the north-west English town where the girls were stabbed during a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class during the summer holidays.

Police arrested several people after they were pelted with bottles and cans and formed a new cordon outside Downing Street. Protesters chanted against the police: You are no longer Englishas well as Islamophobic comments.

A police helicopter flew overhead. Around 50 officers were injured.

On Tuesday, hundreds of people threw bricks and bottles at riot police in Southport, set fire to rubbish bins and vehicles, and looted a shop, hours after a peaceful vigil for the girls aged 6, 7 and 9.

I am shocked and disgusted by the level of violence shown towards my officers.said Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy.

Four men have been arrested in connection with the Southport riots, mainly for disorderly conduct; one was arrested for possession of a knife and affray.

According to police reports, the protesters were supporters of the far-right group English Defence League.