British Government To Provide More Protection for Mosques After Far-Rightist Riots
UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced £29.4 million, approximately $37.65 million, funding package to enhance the protection of mosques following a series of attacks on places of worship during riots across England and Northern Ireland.
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The measure is designed to address as quickly as possible the threat of further attacks on Muslim temples, that started as a response to the stabbing of three girls at a leisure center in Southport, North-West England, on July 29.
“In light of the disgraceful threats and attacks that local mosques have also faced in many communities, the government is providing rapid additional support through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme,” Cooper stated.
She highlighted that this support will be in conjunction with efforts from local police forces, and reiterated the government’s firm stance against disorder and violence: “Anyone involved in this disorder and violence will face the full force of the law.”
In the town of Rotherham, northern England, a group of protesters, some masked and wrapped with the flag of England, attacked a hotel that houses asylum seekers today, and also officers who were trying to control the disorder.
Labourist Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned those “far-right thuggery” on UK streets and says those involved “will face the full force of the law” and “will regret it.”
The 17-year-old Southport girl’s assailant, Axel Rudakubana, born in Wales to Rwandan parents, has been charged with murdering the girls and attempting to murder 10 others.
Far-right groups responded to false information disseminated through social networks that Rudakubana was an asylum seeker who had crossed the English Channel.
