Home Secretary tells riot 'thugs' to 'expect knock on door from police'

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The Home Secretary has warned that 'thugs' involved in riots and disorder over the weekend 'will face a knock on the door from police'.

Yvette Cooper said there would be a 'reckoning' after violence scenes of disorder unfolded in all corners of the country across Saturday and Sunday, with police officers attacked, shops looted and mosques targeted. 'Far-right thugs' also tried to storm Holiday Inn hotels housing asylum seekers.

Ms Cooper described the scenes as 'total disgrace' this morning. She vowed that those involved 'will pay the price'. READ NEXT: Urgent Cobra meeting to be held after weekend of rioting and disorder across UK She told Sky News: "It’s a total disgrace and there has to be a reckoning.

Those individuals who are involved in the disorder need to know that they will pay a price. "I’ve made clear to the police they have my full support in going after the full range of offenders, from those who turned up at the last minute and joined in the looting, to some of the most serious offenders who were pursuing really dangerous arson, really dangerous damage and criminal violence, because we simply cannot stand for this. "So we should be clear, there will be people who were thinking they were going on their summer holidays this week, and instead they will face a knock on the door from the police.