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Mosque caught in crossfire after Southport stabbing

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 1 Aug 2024, 11:27am
Teams repair the road and garden walls around the Southport Islamic Society Mosque that has been attacked by the far-right extremists, following a knife attack in which 3 children were killed and 10 people, including 8 children, were injured in Southport, UK on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Teams repair the road and garden walls around the Southport Islamic Society Mosque that has been attacked by the far-right extremists, following a knife attack in which 3 children were killed and 10 people, including 8 children, were injured in Southport, UK on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Mosque caught in crossfire after Southport stabbing

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 1 Aug 2024, 11:27am

A UK community continues to grieve after this week’s fatal stabbings. 

Three children died and five more are critically injured in the Merseyside city of Southport. 

A 17-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 

Hundreds of protesters clashed with police outside a mosque yesterday, after false claims circulated. 

UK Correspondent Gavin Grey told Mike Hosking there were rumours circulating on social media that the main suspect was an illegal immigrant. 

He said that far right extremists then went to a mosque in Southport and began to throw bricks at it, despite being told the incident had nothing to do with that mosque, nor a terrorist attack. 

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