Public asked to identify 40 faces pictured at last year’s UK summer riots | Crime
By: Robyn Vinter and agency | Published: 2025-08-04 18:00:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Dozens of people suspected of throwing bricks and attacking members of the public during last summer’s riots are still wanted by police forces across England.
The police have launched a webpage with images of 40 people they are seeking in relation to rioting provoked by the far right after the Southport murders.
Pockets of disorder broke out outside hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques across England and Northern Ireland when false rumours spread online that the killer of three young girls in the Merseyside town was a foreign-born Muslim.
Far-right influencers urged their followers on to the streets, where rioters set alight buildings, destroyed property and attacked members of the public and the police.
The unrest led to 1,876 people being arrested, with 1,110 charged so far, the…
