Shops were looted and a library torched in Liverpool overnight as hundreds of rioters descended on the city in a night of chaos.
Unrest broke out after a far-right demonstration took place in the city centre on Saturday that quickly escalated into what police described as a ‘serious disorder’.
Multiple officers were injured with one officer hit on the head by a chair. Another officer was kicked and knocked off his motorcycle by a demonstrator.
Merseyside Police said two officers had been taken to hospital amid the disorder - one with a suspected broken nose and another with a suspected broken jaw.
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