New data suggests that at least one in six people arrested in Britain’s anti-mass migration protests and riots earlier this year were children. The riots erupted after three young girls—Alice da Silva Aguiar, age nine, Bebe King, age six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, age seven—were stabbed to death during a dance class in Southport, England, on July 30. Several others were wounded in the attack, allegedly by Axel Rudakubana, born in Wales to African migrant parents.
An investigation utilizing data from 32 police forces identified 1,233 arrests, 219 involving individuals under 18. Thirteen police forces did not provide figures. Public order offenses were the predominant reason for arrests, accounting for over 700 cases of unrest-related detentions. Other charges included 69 for assault, 45 for theft and burglary, 38 for possession of weapons, 32 related to drugs, and 19 for so-called malicious communications, such as sharing “grossly offensive” social media posts.
Figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council indicate that fully 1,711 arrests have been made since the events in Southport.
One of the children arrested in the wake of the protests and riots was just 12 years old, arrested for participating in a riot in Southport shortly after the killings took place. Another 12-year-old was arrested in Manchester and pleaded guilty to charges of violent disorder.
Several others have also pleaded guilty to various charges and have received hefty prison sentences for as little as shouting at police chanting slogans like “Who the f*ck is Allah?”
One of the men jailed, grandfather Peter Lynch, took his own life in prison after being sentenced to two years and eight months.
Months after the killings, it was revealed that the suspected killer was in possession of al-Qaeda training material, despite the authorities initially ruling out terrorism as a motive.
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