Egypt Daily News – Downing Street criticized the comments of the American billionaire, Elon Musk, on the riots that took place in Britain last weekend.
On Sunday, Musk commented on the worst riots in Britain in 13 years, saying that “civil war is inevitable,” on a post that included a video showing violence.
A spokesman for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the violence came from a small minority of people who “do not speak for Britain,” according to what the Guardian newspaper reported.
The spokesman added: “There is no justification for comments like these. What we have seen in this country is organized and violent bullying that has no place, whether on our streets or online.”
The violence broke out after a stabbing incident that led to the death of 3 girls at a dance school in the northwest of the country a week ago.
The situation is still fragile, as it is affected by misleading information circulated by far-right influencers online regarding the identity of the perpetrator of the stabbing incident.
Since the beginning of the confrontations, the police have arrested more than 378 people, according to what they announced on Monday, and this number is likely to “increase every day” as long as investigators continue to identify the rioters and arrest them, according to what the police chief, Gavin Stevens, said.
On Monday, Starmer pledged to impose “swift criminal penalties” on rioters involved in recent violence, after chairing a crisis meeting at the government headquarters in Downing Street.
Starmer told the media that his “absolute” priority was to end the chaos and for “criminal sanctions to be swift”.
Since the stabbing attack in Southport, riots and clashes have broken out between police and anti-immigrant demonstrators, and they sometimes clashed with anti-racism demonstrators, throughout England and Northern Ireland from Liverpool (northwest) to Hull (northeast) and Belfast (northwest). , Leeds (North), Sunderland (North-East) and Bristol (South-West).
The marches raised the slogan “Enough”, referring to the arrival of migrants crossing the English Channel on rubber boats.
On Sunday, the protests witnessed violence that affected two hotels housing asylum seekers.
Musk renewed his criticism of Starmer again, on Monday evening, in response to the Prime Minister’s statement on protecting Muslim communities and mosques.
Musk said in a comment on “X” in response to a video clip of the British Prime Minister: “Shouldn’t you be worried about attacks on all societies?”
