
Hotel Targeted as Unrests Continue Across UK
Published on August 4, 2024
A hotel has been targeted on Sunday as demonstrations and riots continue across the UK in the wake of a knife attack earlier this week. Police forces in England and Northern Ireland have arrested around 100 people following chaotic scenes in multiple cities where pro- and anti-immigration demonstrators clashed. On Sunday, masked rioters have launched lengths of wood and sprayed fire extinguishers at police officers outside a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Videos from social media appeared to show demonstrators storming into the hotel, with unconfirmed reports of a fire inside. A police helicopter circled overhead, and at least one injured officer in riot gear was carried away as the atmosphere turned febrile....
