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Anti-racism rallies sweep across UK after recent anti-immigration riots

People hold anti-racism placards outside of the Reform UK party headquarters in London on August 10, 2024. © Benjamin Cremel, AFP

Thousands of counter-protesters gathered across the UK on Saturday in response to rioting fuelled by the far right that took cities and towns by storm following the Southport knife attack in which three children were killed last week. Confrontations with anti-immigration protesters did not take place as expected, but a petrol bomb was thrown at a mosque early Saturday in Northern Ireland, which has seen unrest since last weekend.  

Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators rallied across the UK on Saturday to protest recent rioting blamed on the far-right in the wake of the Southport knife attack that killed three children.

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