Protesters hurl bricks and bottles at police in Southport in ugly scenes

Watch more on Independent TV: Bricks and bottles hurled at police as violent clashes erupted outside a mosque in Southport on Tuesday 30 July, after three girls were killed in a knife attack. Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were all fatally stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday. Hundreds of people took part in a peaceful vigil on Tuesday evening outside Southport’s Atkinson arts venue, with many in tears as they laid flowers and cards of remembrance. The vigil was followed by a separate protest outside a local mosque as demonstrators chanting far-right slogans clashed with police in St Luke’s Road. Merseyside Police said “a large group of people – believed to be supporters of the English Defence League” – began to throw items towards the mosque at around . Officers put on helmets and riot gear after stones and bottles were launched at them and pol