British Prime Minister Keir Starmercondemned this Sunday the violent far-right riots that broke out this weekend in several British cities and promised to bring those responsible to justice “swiftly.” “If people are attacked because of the colour of their skin or their faith, then that is far right and I am prepared to say that.”

“This is violence, not protest. It doesn’t matter what the reason is,” he said. Starmer in a statement, following outbreaks of violence instigated by anti-immigration and anti-Islam groups in the United Kingdom. The UK population wants to see “its safe streets and that is what I am determined to offer“They will regret it,” the Labour leader added, insisting that the rioters would face the full force of the law and that the judicial response would be “swift”.

“We will do everything necessary to ensure that the message is absolutely clear: If you participate in this violence, you will regret it and be brought to justice as soon as possible.“People in this country have a right to be safe and yet we have seen Muslim communities attacked, mosques attacked,” the prime minister said. “Other minority communities attacked, Nazi salutes in the street, attacks on police, unbridled violence coupled with racist rhetoric, so no, I will not be ashamed to call it what it is – far-right violence.”

The violence instigated by far-right groups that broke out this weekend in British cities such as Liverpool, Bristol, Hull and Manchester has resulted in the arrest of more than 90 people while several officers were injured after being attacked with stones, beer cans, bottles and chairs. Some protests continued today in some towns, including Rotherham, in the north of England, where a group of demonstrators threw stones and chairs at a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Anti-immigration and anti-Islam protests in towns and cities across the UK, supported by groups including the English Defence League, erupted into riots as protesters attacked police with objects of all kinds, while shops were looted and rubbish bins were set on fire. Although these groups have been organizing protests for weeksTensions have risen following the knife attack on 29 July at a leisure centre in Southport (north-west England), in which three girls were killed and eight children and two adults were injured.

The attacker, Axel Rudakubana, 17, born in Wales to Rwandan parents, He has been charged with the murder of the girls and attempted murder of the other ten people.but the anger of far-right groups increased when incorrect information was spread on social media that the attacker was an asylum seeker who had crossed the English Channel in a small boat.