Police guard damaged Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth day after riots
Police were today (Monday, August 5) guarding the damaged Holiday Inn hotel in Tamworth, Staffordshire, hours after rioters set it on fire.
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com
and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565
A far-right mob tried torching the Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth on Sunday evening as violent anti-migrant protests swept the UK.
Footage shared on social media showed masked thugs hurling bricks and bottles at the hotel as asylum seekers inside watched from their windows.
Many members of the mob were seen wearing black face coverings and were heard chanting: "Whose streets? Our streets."
This morning, five police officers were standing guard to protect the site which was littered with debris.
Bricks lay around the entrance to the building after far-right protesters pelted the building with petrol bombs and fireworks.
Dozens of windows of the hotel were smashed while vile graffiti was sprayed on the walls near the entrance.
Thugs scrawled "Get out of England", "f**k feds" and "scum" in black spray paint.
