UK PM Starmer: We have police in place to deal with anti-Muslim riots

A police officer walks outside the Holiday Inn Express hotel after rioters attacked the building in Rotherham, Britain, August 5, 2024. The government had said it was being used by asylum seekers. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said sufficient police would be on the streets to handle anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant riots in the coming days as he sought to reassure communities braced for more violent protests on Wednesday.

Riots across a number of towns and cities have erupted following the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event in Southport, a seaside town in northwest England, after false messaging on social media wrongly identified the suspected killer as an Islamist migrant.