A group of violent protesters, believed to be supporters of the far-right English Defence League, threw bricks at a local mosque and clashed with police officers near the site of a horrific stabbing that claimed the lives of three young girls.
Hundreds of protesters threw bottles and garbage cans and set police vehicles and residents’ cars ablaze, Merseyside police said, leaving behind a scene of chaos where, earlier that day, mourners had laid flowers and stuffed animals in tribute…