LONDON, ENGLAND –
Two weeks of violent disorder and rioting instigated by far-right agitators has rocked the United Kingdom.
The stabbings of Alice da Silva Aguiar, aged nine, Bebe King, aged six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, aged seven—along with eight other children and two adults in the Merseyside town of Southport on July 29—were the flashpoints that sparked the riots.
Only hours after the attack, false claims appeared online that the stabbings were the fault of an asylum seeker who arrived in the U.K. by boat. This false narrative was picked up by the far right and their supporters, who jumped at the chance to cause mayhem on British streets.
People of colour and particularly Muslims became targets….
