Seven Charged On Violent Disorder After Southport Knife Stabbing

After chaos erupted in Hartlepool on Wednesday seven men have been charged.

According to Cleveland Police, all seven men were charged with violent disorder. Additionally, one man was accused of beating an emergency worker and another of having an offensive weapon in a public setting.

The 28 to 54-year-old men have been placed under arrest and are expected to appear at Teesside Magistrates Court at a later time, according to the police.

Cleveland Police stated might be, the disturbance was related to demonstrations following Monday’s deadly knife attack on three children in Southport.

After a police car was set on fire in Hartlepool. An 11-year-old boy was taken into custody on suspicion of arson.

In Hartlepool’s Murray Street area on Wednesday. Police officers were attacked with missiles, glass bottles, and eggs. As a result, eleven people were taken into custody.

Jonathan Brash, the MP for Hartlepool, called for people to “remain calm” and called the events of the night “appalling”.

Following footage on social media that seemed to show a “young boy of black or ethnic origin” getting “punched in the face” during the disturbance, Cleveland Police announced that they are also looking into the assault.

After the Southport attack, chaos has erupted across the nation.

On Wednesday, during a demonstration on Whitehall, police and protestors clashed, leading to the arrest of more than 100 individuals in central London.

Two hours after thousands of people attended a nonviolent vigil to remember the girls who died, there was instability in Southport as well on Tuesday.

After a protest in Aldershot where items were thrown outside a hotel housing migrants, police are looking for eight people.

At a Downing Street meeting with police chiefs earlier, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer declared that “action will be taken” in response to the “violent disorder”.

He outlined plans for forces across the nation to strengthen their cooperation to address such incidents in a televised speech that followed.