Fifteen people were arrested during a violent protest outside a hotel filled with foreign asylum seekers near Liverpool on Friday, British police said.
Feb. 11 Fifteen people were arrested during a violent protest outside a hotel filled with foreign asylum seekers near Liverpool on Friday, British police said.
Officers were overseeing a peaceful protest outside the hotel in the borough of Knowsley, which borders the northern England city, but were soon dealing with a rival group of demonstrators, Merseyside Police said a statement.
« Sadly, a short while later a number of people, who were not part of the original protest group turned up, and it is clear that they were only interested in causing trouble through violence and intimidation without any thought, or care, for other members of the public, or our officers, » they said.
« During the evening, missiles including lit fireworks were thrown at officers and one of our police vans was attacked by offenders, using hammers before setting it on fire, » police added.
