Clean-up after ‘thuggery and violence’

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Clean-up after ‘thuggery and *********’

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Shop windows in Sunderland were smashed and a Citizens Advice office was set on *****

A clean-up operation is under way after a night of ********* during which three police officers were hospitalised and eight people arrested.

***** cans and bricks were thrown at riot police outside a mosque in Sunderland and a Citizens Advice office was torched.

North East Mayor Kim McGuinness said she was appalled by the “thuggery” and attacks on police.

Friday’s chaotic evening was the latest outbreak of rioting across England following the

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on Monday.

During the unrest the window of

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and insulation pulled down.

The neighbouring Citizens Advice branch, on Waterloo Place in the city centre, was set on *****. Locals said the air was still filled with smoke on Saturday morning.

Rioters also headed to a mosque on St Mark’s Road, a mile from where the ***** was set.

Meanwhile, Northumbria Police said two of the three officers injured by crowds throwing ***** cans and bricks, were still in hospital.

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A police office was badly damaged and a neighbouring Citizens Advice branch set on *****

Asked on BBC Breakfast whether there was any prior knowledge of events or protests planned for Sunderland, Ms McGuinness said: “We saw that these far-right groups were advertising what they called a peaceful protest yesterday in Sunderland.

“That was anything but peaceful.

“It was out and out ****** and ********* and the police response was strong, protecting a mosque and really having to stand up to very sustained ****** and ********* from these thugs.”

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Volunteers joined council staff in Sunderland city centre on Saturday morning

Posting on X, the city council said: “We are appalled by the events that have unfolded.

“Sunderland is known for being a warm and friendly place, the events of tonight are not a reflection of this proud city and its people.

“We will come together, as we always do, to restore calm for our communities.”

The mayor added: “Things like this really affect the way that local people feel, but the clean-up overnight from Sunderland Council has clearly been absolutely massive.

“And what I’m really heartened by, alongside the thousands of people contacting me saying ‘this is not what we’re about, we’re about that love and that compassion’, is the fact that people in Sunderland are going to come together this morning and help with that clean up.

“And I think that really shows the true spirit of what we are as the North East and as Sunderland.”

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