12-Year-Old Boy Charged With British Anti-Muslim Riots

UNSPLASH/Ehimetalor ILLUSTRATION Akhere Unuabona

JAKARTA - A 12-year-old boy became the youngest resident to be charged with right-handed extreme riots that occurred across the UK following the stabbing incident in Southport on July 29.

The boy, whose name was not disclosed because of his age, has been charged with riots in the city of Merseyside, Southport, on July 30.

Reported by ANTARA from Anadolu-OANA, Monday, August 12, Merseyside police said the 12-year-old was one of three men charged with riots that occurred a day after three underage girls died in a mass stabbing on July 29.

The perpetrator was charged with riots and detained to appear at the Merseyside Children's Court on Monday.

As of Sunday (11/8), 927 people have been arrested and 466 others have been charged since riots broke out in cities across the UK.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's spokesman said the government "will not stop until the task is complete" when asked if police and courts will continue to pursue those involved in the riots.

Despite the reduced tensions welcomed over the weekend, the country remains in "high vigilance" for possible further unrest, Sky News reported, citing the spokesman.

"The task has not been completed until people feel safe in their community," he added.

Britain has been rocked by chaos for several days, with right extreme rioters spreading racial and Islamophobic hatred targeting Muslims, minority groups, and migrants.

This riot was triggered by a hoax that was spread online that the suspect who was arrested for the fatal stabbing of three children in Southport on July 29 was a Muslim asylum seeker.

Authorities have identified the perpetrator of the stabbing as Axel Rudakubana, a 17-year-old teenager born in Cardiff, Wales, of parents from Rwanda. However, this has reduced the spirit of extreme right-handed mass to stop their demonstrations.