Hundreds gather after alleged rape of girl for demonstration that also featured tense exchanges with anti-racism counter-protesters
Far-right protesters clashed with police on Saturday after hundreds of people gathered outside the town hall in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, for a planned protest.
The event was organised to protest over the alleged rape of 12-year-old girl in the town, for which two men, reportedly Afghan asylum seekers, have been charged.
The protest began peacefully but there were tense exchanges with counter-protesters from Stand Up to Racism, who held placards and a banner reading “stop the far right”.
One held a handwritten sign which read: “Why do fascists only care about women when they can use our stories and pain to oppress others?”
