Carnage in Hull as shoe shop looted and set on fire by rioters
Far-right groups are clashing with police in towns and cities across the UK.
Hull city centre full of smoke as rioters start fires
Rioters have raided a shoe shop in Hull as far-right groups continue to wreak havoc in towns and cities across the UK.
Pictures showed men entering a Shoezone store in the Yorkshire city, where rioters have clashed with police throughout the day.
Later footage appears to show the shoe shop on fire as tensions boil over.
Elsewhere in Hull, rioters set bins on fire while police attempted to tackle the flames with fire extinguishers.
At the Royal Hotel in the city centre, riot police with dogs were deployed to try and gain control of the situation.
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According to Hull Live, arrests have been made and police officers have been injured amid the escalating violence.
Similar scenes have been reported in major cities such as Manchester and Liverpool, where police have had bricks and other objects hurled in their direction.
The protests have come following a campaign from far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
Violence was first seen in Southport after 17-year-old suspect Axel Rudakubana was accused of killing three young girls at a dance class.
Before he was named as the suspect, false claims that the suspect had links to Islam were disseminated online.
Since then, mosques in different parts of the UK have been targeted.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has since put the police on an emergency footing.
Speaking on Friday, he said: “I’ve just held a meeting with senior police and law enforcement leaders where we’ve resolved to show who we are. A country that will not allow understandable fear to curdle into division and hate in our communities and that will not permit, under any circumstances, a breakdown in law and order on our streets.
“Because let’s be very clear about this. It’s not protest. It’s not legitimate. It’s crime and violent disorder. An assault on the rule of law and the execution of justice.
“And so, on behalf of the British people who expect their values and their security to be upheld, we will put a stop to it.”
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