Far proper’s ‘hit record’ of 38 areas the place riots are deliberate tomorrow
Far-right mobs are threatening to unleash further disorder across Britain tomorrow – with as many as 38 areas including immigration centres and lawyers’ homes making up a ‘target list’.
Violent riots have exploded across several cities including Manchester, Liverpool, Plymouth and Birmingham following the Southport knife rampage which claimed the lives of three young girls and left many others injured.
False speculation online that the teenage suspect was an asylum seeker who had arrived in the UK on a boat has fuelled the unrest which started outside a mosque in Southport and has since spread across the UK.
The misinformation is believed to have originated from a Russian-linked fake news website.
Right-wing groups have organised dozens of protests from Liverpool to Hull and Middlesbrough to Plymouth – with many filled with anti-immigrant rhetoric. Riots have seen hotels housing migrants set on fire and police attacked with bricks or glass bottles.
A supposed ‘target list’ of 38 areas where further riots are planned for Wednesday has leaked on social media. And a police source told The Mirror today it was treating the list as a ‘credible threat’.
Anti-migration protesters attempt to enter the Holiday Inn Express Hotel which is housing asylum seekers on August 4
As many as 38 areas including immigration centres and lawyers’ homes have made up a ‘target list’ created by far-right mobs
‘It’s being watched closely and we are ready to respond,’ the source said. ‘We have got thousands of extra officers and where there’s credible, specific intelligence, officers will be put in place and will be ready to respond immediately.’
They added: ‘Wednesday is going to be a busy day. We are assessing what is credible and what isn’t but we have a lot more resources stood-up now than we did at the weekend.
‘Some is planned but also a lot is sporadic in terms of local people seeing stuff online and turning up out of the blue. It’s quite a nuanced picture.’
A message on encrypted platform Telegram shows that 38 towns and cities could be braced for more violence.
Five of the organisations on the list told the Financial Times they were planning to shut tomorrow and urged employees to work from home.
The list includes locations such as Aldershot, Canterbury, Bedford, Birmingham and Derby.
The list, which was reposted on social media, came with a threatening caption above it which reads: ‘THEY WON’T STOP COMING UNTIL YOU TELL THEM…
‘NO MORE IMMIGRATION. 8PM. MASK UP.’
It added: ‘SPREAD THIS AS FAR AND WIDE AS YOU CAN.’
Serious violence and rioting by far-right protesters continues in side streets into the evening
A member of the community offers snacks to police officers on the front line in Middlesbrough
Residents offer food and snacks to police on the front line in Middlesbrough this evening
Protesters try to cram into the migrant hotel through a damaged fire exit in Rotherham
A man looks out of The Holiday Inn hotel in Rotherham as counter demonstrators stand outside with signs saying ‘refugees welcome’
A bin on fire outside the Holiday Inn Migrant hotel in Rotherham
Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood said anyone wearing a mask to a riot would be prosecuted.
‘It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’re protesting — if you turn up in a mask, with a weapon, intent on causing disorder, you will face the full force of the law,’ she wrote on X.
Top police officers have confirmed 6,000 riot cops are braced to deal with potential trouble across the country on Wednesday.
Counter-terror officers and detectives from regional crime units are also involved in targeting far right ringleaders of the chaos and violence which has swept Britain.
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to take ‘all necessary action’ to end the far-right riots.
The Prime Minister told Cabinet today that ‘people across the country want their streets to be safe and to feel safe in their communities, and we will take all necessary action to bring the disorder to an end’.
