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A cocktail of anti-immigration politics and misinformation about viscerally upsetting news has led to riots I t is only six days since three girls aged under 10 were killed, and several other women and children injured, by a knife attacker at a dance class in Southport. It is hard to overstate the horror of these events, and hard also to imagine the additional strain brought by the wider violence that has followed. The families of the three dead girls – Alice Dasilva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe – and others who remain in hospital, can hardly have begun to process their losses as the ugliest of reactions set in. A teenager, Axel Rudakubana, has been charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder. As Farah Nazeer, the chief executive of Women’s Aid, and others wrote to the home secretary on Thursday, the attack must be viewed in the context of what police chiefs described last month as a “national emergency” of violence against girls and women. Partly

Riot police clash with far-right protesters in Rotherham. Photograph: Getty View image in fullscreen Riot police clash with far-right protesters in Rotherham. Photograph: Getty Opinion The far right This article is more than 1 year old The Guardian view on the online far right: thugs have brought devastation This article is more than 1 year old Editorial A cocktail of anti-immigration politics and misinformation about viscerally upsetting news has led to riots Sun 4 Aug 2024 13.30 EDT Last modified on Wed 2 Apr 2025 10.07 EDT Share I t is only six days since three girls aged under 10 were kill

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