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Far-right riots sweep Britain over child murders

Belinda Jiao and Amanda Ferguson

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Liverpool | Violent disorder swept across towns and cities in Britain at the weekend, injuring police and damaging property, as far-right activists faced off with anti-racism protesters, following a stabbing rampage that left three girls dead in northwest England.

Some of the worst riots in 13 years involving hundreds of anti-immigration protesters have erupted in Britain after false information spread rapidly on social media that the suspect in Monday’s knife attack at a children’s dance class in Southport was a radical Muslim migrant.

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