Britain rallies over killing of girls, Ukraine over mobilisation

On 29 July, a 17-year-old boy in Southport, near Liverpool, attacked children during a dance class. As a result, three girls of six, seven and nine years old were killed, several other people who tried to protect them, were stabbed and are now in hospital. The attacker was born in Britain to migrant parents from Rwanda.

This has sparked a wave of protests, against migrants and attacks on Muslim mosques. The protests started back last week on Friday after a rather peaceful remembrance rally. The protests quickly turned into riots, leading to numerous arrests and clashes with police. Protesters attacked police, threw bricks and bottles at them, and set cars on fire. More than 20 police officers were injured in the riots.

Police have so far been unable to bring the situation under control, although they have arrested several hundred people. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the violence.

At the same time in Ukraine on the evening of Saturday, August 3, in Kovel, Volyn region, people organised a rally under the building of the local TCC. About it reports RBC-Ukraine.

The reason for the rally was the bringing of military conscripts to the TCC, who were stopped in the afternoon at the Shatsk roadblock by TCC employees. Their phones and car keys were taken away from them.

Calls for a riot began to spread in social networks in Kovel, which eventually turned into a rally at the TCC. Under pressure from the crowd, TCC employees released the detainees, but the protest did not calm down. As of Monday, 5 August, the police opened two criminal proceedings over the rallies under part 1 of article 295 (calls for actions threatening public order) and part 1 of article 293 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (group violation of public order).

The Volynskyy TCC said that the rallies were instigated by "Russian special services".