Police get more time with suspect as Southport reels from unrest

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Police get more time with suspect as Southport reels from unrest

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Magistrates have granted police more time to question the suspect

Police have been granted more time to question a boy over the deaths of three children in a ****** ******* at a dance class as officers arrested three people in connection with a night of violent disturbance.

The 17-year-old has been in custody since he was arrested in Southport on Monday.

Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar ***** and eight other children were injured in the ******* at a Taylor Swift-themed event.

A peaceful vigil took place on Tuesday evening, but shortly after, unrest broke out near a mosque in the town, leading Elsie’s mother to appeal for calm on social media.

Five of the children remain in a critical condition, along with two adults, following the ******* at the Hart Space centre in Hart Street.

The disturbance broke out outside Southport Mosque on St Luke’s Road, near the scene of the *******, a short time after thousands paid their respects to the ***** and injured at a vigil at the Atkinson Theatre on Lord Street.

Police said it was believed to have involved English Defence League supporters.

In a message widely shared on social media, Elsie’s mother Jenni Stancombe condemned the *********.

“This is the only thing that I will write, but please stop the ********* in Southport tonight,” she wrote.

“The police have been nothing but heroic these last 24 hours and they and we don’t need this.”

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Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice Dasilva Aguiar and Bebe King ***** after the *******

Those behind the ********* had been fired up by social media posts which incorrectly suggested an Islamist link to Monday’s stabbings, according to police.

The 17-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of ******* and attempted ******* after Monday’s *******, has no known links to Islam.

The suspect, who has not been named because of his age, was born in Cardiff and later moved to Banks in Lancashire, a village that ***** a few miles north of Southport.

Chief Constable Serena Kennedy told a news conference though only three had been arrested over the unrest, “more will follow”.

“It’s impossible to say [how many will be arrested]. It’s really early days in the investigation,” she said.

“Initially, there were about 70 people who made their way away from the vigil and were making their way towards the mosque.

“They suddenly became about 200 in number and then others joined that number.”

She said 49 of her officers had been injured in the disturbance, along with five others from surrounding forces who had been drafted in to help.

Merseyside Police Federation’s Chris McGlade said his injured colleagues were the same “courageous officers” who were themselves trying to come to terms with the “unimaginable tragedy” of Monday’s *******.

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Merseyside Police said bottles and wheelie bins were thrown at officers

A Section 60 Order giving police extra stop and search powers and a Section 34 Order allowing police to direct people who were engaging in antisocial behaviour or were “likely to become involved in such behaviour” away from the area remain in place.

Extra officers would remain in the area “to provide a visible presence and reassure communities”, police said.

The town’s MP Patrick Hurley said “thugs” travelled to the area to use the deaths “for their own political purposes”.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper had earlier warned about disinformation linked to the *******.

Assistant Chief Constable Alex Goss said there had been “much speculation and hypothesis” around the teenager and “some individuals” were using it to “bring ********* and disorder to our streets”.

“We have already said that the person arrested was born in the ***, and speculation helps nobody at this time.”

Following the night of disorder, a clean-up operation began, with many members of the community coming together to help.

Volunteers brought brushes and shovels to clean up the Sussex Road and St Luke’s Road area following the riot.

Melted plastic from wheelie bins which were set alight could be seen stuck to the tarmac on St Luke’s Road.

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Volunteers sweep Sussex road, following the violent protest

Ibrahim Hussein, chairman of the Southport Mosque, said he was moved to see locals turn up to help rebuild parts of the mosque damaged in the disorder.

“It brings tears to my eyes because although I know the people of Southport and I know how beautiful they are, but this was still a moving experience to see all that,” he said.

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