Police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed and more than 100 events anticipated.Rioting was sparked by mcisinformation online that the suspect in the fatal stabbing of three little girls in Southport on 29 July was a Muslim asylum seeker.according to bbc.
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Mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers were among places targeted during the disorder, with some shops burnt out and looted.
On Wednesday, on high streets across England, shop owners had boarded up windows and closed early in anticipation of further violence.
Immigration lawyers had been told by police to work from home after lists of solicitors’ firms and advice agencies were shared in chat groups as possible targets.
But only a handful of arrests were reported during the evening as demonstrations largely passed off peacefully across parts of England:
