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Holiday Inn hotels were targeted in Rotherham and later in Tamworth on Sunday, and crowds gathered outside a mosque in Middlesborough.
PM Starmer suggested that rioters taking to the streets, and those “whipping up this action online and then running away themselves,” would face consequences.
Masked rioters smashed windows and launched objects including pieces of wood and chairs at officers who lined up in front of the hotel in Rotherham.
At least ten officers were injured, with one left unconscious following a head injury, and others suffering suspected broken bones, police said.
Videos from the scene appeared to show a fire inside the hotel and a bin set alight close to the entrance.
South Yorkshire Police said no hotel employees or residents had been reported as injured, and the group of rioters were being dispersed from the area.