The violence has been driven by online disinformation and extremist right-wing groups intent on creating disorder after a deadly knife attack on a children’s event in northwestern England, experts said.A range of far-right factions and individuals, including neo-Nazis, violent soccer fans and anti-Muslim campaigners, have promoted and taken part in the unrest, which has also been stoked by online influencers.

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    3 months ago

    I’m not defending anyone.

    This strikes me as manufactured violence triggered in a section of society that has been manipulated to an extreme.