‘Furious’: Southport residents clean up after night of far-right riot

Residents came together to clean-up Southport after a violent riot took place in the wake of a stabbing attack which killed three children.

Volunteers were ‘furious’ at the far-right protest, which they said was ‘like a war zone’ and did not represent the town. On Tuesday evening, riot police charged at the demonstrators after a police van was set alight and other police vehicles were damaged. Officers used teargas on the angry crowds of predominantly men covering their faces

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