More than 90 people were arrested yesterday, according to the BBC, after the riots that broke out in several cities of the United Kingdom, where demonstrations were organized against immigrants and Muslims.

Protesters threw bottles, shops were looted and police were attacked in areas including Liverpool, Bristol, Blackpool and Belfast. Not all protests were violent, however.

The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to give police forces the government’s “full support” to take action against “extremists” who are trying to “sow hate”.

The riots, the country’s most widespread in 13 years, erupted after three girls were killed in a knife attack at a dance school in north-west England, and false information was then circulated on social media that the suspect in the crime was Muslim extremist who was in Britain illegally.

Police have announced that the suspect Axel Rudakubana17, was born in Britain, but protests by anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim protesters have continued and escalated into violent incidents.

Riots took place in Liverpool, Bristol, Hull and Belfast – four cities in different corners of the country. Many police officers were injured as they tried to prevent clashes between hundreds of protesters belonging to opposing sides.