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Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on the far right attack on a mosque after the Southport stabbing

Published: July 31, 2024, 11:28 p.m.

A UK community continues to grieve after this week\u2019s fatal stabbings.\xa0

Three children died and five more are critically injured in the Merseyside city of Southport.\xa0

A 17-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.\xa0

Hundreds of protesters clashed with police outside a mosque yesterday, after false claims circulated.\xa0

UK Correspondent Gavin Grey told Mike Hosking there were rumours circulating on social media that the main suspect was an illegal immigrant.\xa0

He said that far right extremists then went to a mosque in Southport and began to throw bricks at it, despite being told the incident had nothing to do with that mosque, nor a terrorist attack.\xa0

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