More Protests Across UK Following Southport Knife Attack

Published on August 3, 2024

More protesters have taken to the street on Saturday in the wake of a knife attack in Southport where three young girls were killed. Protesters and counter-protesters have gathered in Leeds, Belfast, and Liverpool while enhanced policing powers have been put in place in Manchester and Bristol in anticipation of potential disorder. Violent skirmishes have broken out in south Belfast. On Friday evening, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had put 70 additional prosecutors on the rota for this weekend to support the police. The protests on Saturday come as locals in Sunderland have been cleaning up the scenes of a violent disorder on Friday evening, which led to 10 arrests....

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