Police vehicles were set on fire in violent scenes in Southport on Tuesday evening following a vigil for the victims of the holiday club knife attack.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it was investigating the attack and did not say how it occurred.
Merseyside Police said eight officers suffered serious injuries.
Injuries included fractures, lacerations, a suspected broken nose, a concussion, and other head and serious facial injuries.
Police say the riot outside a Southport mosque was made up of supporters of the English Defence League.
The Prime Minister said rioters in Southport on Tuesday evening had ‘hijacked’ a vigil for victims.
Officers put on helmets and riot gear after stones and bottles were launched at them and police riot vans were attacked.
One of the victims was from Ireland and it is understood the other is from eastern Europe.
Many of those taking part in a vigil on Tuesday evening in Southport were in tears as they laid flowers and cards of remembrance.
Sir Keir Starmer also laid a floral tribute at the scene on Hart Street in Southport.
A spokesperson for Mr Walker also said that Ms Goodman had a ‘relentless pursuit of money’.
Aminan Rahman gaslit, manipulated, financially controlled and assaulted Suma Begum before he murdered her in a flat in east London, a court heard.
Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were all fatally stabbed in the incident in Southport on Monday.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has chaired a Cobra emergency meeting to discuss escalating conflict in the Golan Heights.
Alice Dasilva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe died in the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club on Monday.
