Top U.K. prosecutor considers terrorism charges over ongoing riots and disorder

Amid ongoing far-right riots and demonstrations fueled by misinformation online, England and Wales’ Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson said his teams would consider seeking extradition for social media influencers who are accused of stoking the violence from abroad and charging some suspects with terrorism offences, CBS News partner network BBC News reported.

Offenders “must know that they are not safe and there is nowhere to hide,” Parkinson said.

Around 400 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, and police chiefs in the U.K. said an extra 2,200 riot-trained officers would be deployed across the country, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported.

One man was seriously injured after an assault Monday night in the Northern Ireland city of Belfast, which police are treating as a racially motivated hate crime. Witnesses reported seeing attackers stamp on the man’s head, according to the BBC.

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