The British police had already learned the lesson. In just two hours, as if to dry the speculation on social networks.
The memory was still fresh last summer, in Southport, when the decision to preserve the identity of the aggressor who killing three girls and wounded another 10 helped feed conspiracy and xenophobic theories that
“White, British and 53 years. Isolated incident. It is not being investigated as a terrorist act.” That was all. But the information was enough to contain the rage of thousands of fans. The video images recorded by the witnesses of the incident showed how many people threw themselves against the vehicle of the alleged aggressor, beat him, broke his rear moon, and only the performance of the police officers prevented them from ending up lynching the driver.
In Liverpool the driver has tried to back his car up, people have started punching and kicking his car and he’s exploded in road rage and driven forward.
Insanity.
– Sani m (@ not_mukuk97)
“I have seen how these things work, which can immediately become street disturbances. You have to stop them as quickly as possible,” he explained Tuesday morning, in the city area where almost half a hundred fans were overwhelmed, the mayor of Liverpool, Steve Rotheram. “I think the Merseyside police [al frente de la investigación] He acted correctly by stopping some of the perverse stories that were already circulating, ”said Rotheram.
Liverpool events has followed at the minute. However, he has avoided answering the question of whether the police rush in providing data on the suspect should now be the usual method to deal with this type of incidents.
“That is something that the police will have to decide, as the investigation progresses. Let them do their job,” said Starmer, after praising the attitude of most Liverpool FC fans and thanking the response of the city’s emergency services.
King Carlos III, who meets his wife Camilla in Canada, where he participates in a state visit, has been “deeply shocked and sorry” by knowing what had happened in Liverpool. “It is truly devastating to see how what was going to be for many a cheerful celebration could end in such alarming circumstances,” said the monarch in a statement.
The authorities were alerted around 18.00 (19.00 at the Spanish peninsular schedule). The car, recorded by some of those present and shared on social networks, directly headed against the hundreds of thousands of people who celebrated in the central Water Street the title of the local team.
27 people transferred to hospitals
Some 27 people were transferred to nearby hospitals, including four minors. At least four of them are a condition of gravity, explained on Tuesday the mayor of the city. Another 20 people were served at the facilities of a restaurant located on the same street, for minor injuries, at the same time as the outrage.
He has transmitted his support to the victims of the outrage on social networks. “We are in direct contact with the Merseyside Police […] We will continue giving all our support to emergency services and local authorities, ”he said.
The former team of the Jürgen Klopp team, one of the most popular characters in this city in northern England, hastened to express his dismay shortly after the first information about the outrage of dozens of fans emerged: “My thoughts and prayers are with all the injured and affected,” said Kloff. “You´ll never walk alone (You will never walk alone), ”he added in clear reference to the legendary song that Liverpool FC fans sing at the Anfield stadium at the beginning of each match.
Everton FC, the other team in the city, wanted to convey its affection and solidarity with fans and injured. “As a city, we are all together,” says the club’s statement.
Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered in the streets of Liverpool on the occasion of the Vig Semester of the Team English Championship. The players celebrated for several hours uploaded to a convertible bus.
