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The knife attack caused further violence. English Defence League (EDL). It is said that Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage whipped up the riot. Far right agitators.

Southport police brace for more violence from far-right ‘hooligans’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/31/southport-police-brace-for-more-violence-from-far-right-hooligans

words
come to terms with [Collins] If you come to terms with something difficult or unpleasant, you learn to accept and deal with it.
set alight [quote]set cars and bins alight / a police vehicle was set alight
digest [quote]while many residents of the Merseyside town were attempting to digest the horror
in a bid to [Cambridge] in order to try to get or do something:[quote]in a bid to cool tensions
flare [quote] threw flares and cans
riot gear [quote] a line of officers in riot gear
fracture
concussion
violent disorder
affray
article [quote] a bladed article.
whip up [quote] Farage had “whipped up” rioters
rioter
misidentify
unrest
atrocity
stir [quote]stir division
rally [quote] people rallied together to support Muslimresidents in the town
descend [quote]he had been “barricaded” inside the building with eight worshippers while hundreds of rioters descended on the mosque
uncalled for[Collins] If you describe a remark or criticism as uncalled for, you mean that it should not have been made, because it was unkind or unfair.
whatsoever [quote] There was no reason for it whatsoever
thuggery [quote] for the purpose of mindless violence, thuggery and hooliganism
unprepared [quote] the force was caught unprepared


Places where riots or violence were observed
Southport [quote]for the purpose of mindless violence, thuggery and hooliganism
Hartlepool
Rochdale
Manchester
Harehills area of Leeds