The disturbance is the latest in a series of violent protests by anti-immigration groups in British towns and cities this week after three girls were killed in a knife attack in Southport in n
Protests in response to a knife attack that killed three young girls have spread to the northern city of Rotherham. Britain has been rocked by several days of riots after misinformation was spread about the murders.
Outnumbered police struggled to keep people back from a hotel housing asylum seekersImage: Danny Lawson/dpa/picture alliance
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Police in the northern English city of Rotherham struggled to hold back a group of far-right activists on Sunday, who broke into a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers.
The disturbance is the latest in a series of violent protests by anti-immigration groups in British towns and cities this week after three girls were killed in a knife attack in Southport in northwest England on Monday.
Protesters gained access to part of the hotel via a window they broke and police were struggling to hold a line in front of the siteImage: Danny Lawson/dpa/picture alliance
What happened in Rotherham?
Footage aired on British TV showed officers with shields targeted by a barrage of projectiles outside the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Rotherham, near Sheffield.
A few minutes later, the protesters can be seen storming the building and removing chairs from inside to use as weapons.
A small fire was also visible while windows in the hotel were smashed.
At least one officer was injured in the confrontation.
