Renewed rioting sweeps British cities in wake of child murders

Protestors throw fireworks as the riots continue into the night in Liverpool, Britain, August 3, 2024. REUTERS/ Belinda Jiao

LIVERPOOL, England/BELFAST (Reuters) - Violent disorder swept across several British cities on Saturday, injuring police and damaging property in the most widespread rioting in the country for 13 years, following the murder of three young girls in northwest England.

Riots involving hundreds of anti-immigration protesters have erupted in towns and cities after false information spread rapidly on social media that the suspect in Monday's knife attack at a children's dance class in Southport was a radical Muslim migrant.