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People inside hotel targetted by far-right thugs ‘are still in a kind of panic’
Objects thrown at the hotel as trouble flares during a far-right riot outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, August 4, 2024
AN AFGHAN asylum-seeker who was inside a hotel targeted by far-right rioters says people have been traumatised by what happened and describes feeling lost when it comes to what his future might hold in Britain.
The 29-year-old was in the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham when fascists smashed the windows of the building before starting fires last weekend.
Masked men in the 700-strong rabble sprayed fire extinguishers and hurled wood, chairs and bottles at police; at least 10 officers were injured, with one knocked unconscious.
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