More than 100 people arrested in London protest

Greater than 100 individuals have been arrested in a protest in central London following the deaths and subsequent riots in Southport, the Metropolitan Police has stated.

The Met stated it made arrests for a spread of offences together with violent dysfunction, assault on an emergency employee, and breach of protest situations on Wednesday night.

Police clashed with protesters on Whitehall, near Downing Avenue, throughout an indication following the deadly stabbings of three women at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday.

In a press release the Met stated officers had been deployed to “guarantee dysfunction was contained” however added that some “suffered minor accidents”.

Demonstrators had been seen launching flares in direction of the gates of Downing Avenue and at a statue of Winston Churchill.

Individuals might be heard chanting phrases akin to “cease the boats” and “save our children” as they threw bottles and cans at officers.

Earlier, the Met stated situations positioned on the protest had been breached.

A number of officers had been additionally injured in separate dysfunction in Hartlepool, Cleveland Police stated after violence broke out within the city.

4 individuals had been arrested after glass bottles and eggs had been thrown at police by protesters. A police automobile was additionally set on hearth.

Ch Supt David Sutherland stated: “At this stage we consider the protest is in reference to the incident in Southport earlier this week.”

Wednesday’s dysfunction adopted unrest close to a mosque in Southport on Tuesday evening, throughout which the constructing was attacked.

Merseyside Law enforcement officials had been additionally pelted with bricks and a police van was set on hearth.

The dysfunction got here after Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, had been fatally stabbed on Monday whereas attending a Taylor Swift-themed vacation membership in Southport.

Eight different youngsters suffered knife wounds – with 5 of them in a important situation – whereas two adults had been additionally critically damage.

Early on Thursday morning, a 17-year-old boy was charged by Merseyside Police with three counts of homicide and ten counts of tried homicide.

{The teenager}, who can’t be named for authorized causes, will seem at Liverpool Metropolis Magistrates’ Courtroom on Thursday.