Officers attacked at Epping asylum hotel protest, police say

Police officers were attacked and damaged vehicles during the protest in a hotel hosting asylum seekers.

Hundreds of people protesting Bell Hotel about the use of EPPING were on the field on Thursday and there was a smaller pro -refugee show.

Essex police said that an officer spent light injuries on his neck and eight officers in total continuous interruption, abrasion and hand injuries.

Vice President Stuart Hooper said that those responsible would “feel the full power of the law” and confirmed that two men have been arrested in relation to the protests at the hotel.

“If you were one of the individuals responsible for damage, especially my civil servants and vehicles, you may expect to hit your door.”

Fireworks were released and eggs were thrown out of Bell Hotel in the latest demonstration. The building itself was damaged.

Officers, “the security of the people and those who protesters” EPPING “closed part of a part of the Hight Road.

Force, criminal damage and attacked suspects identified and body -worn cameras, drones and social media analyzed images, he said.

“We know that people who perform these crimes do not represent EPPING or ESSEX,” Ch supt Simon Anslow said.

“Nothing about the crime we have seen tonight represents these communities or the peaceful event that ends before starting.”

Ch Supt Anslow, the previous demonstrations on the site, peaceful, legal and responsible, he said.

When asked about more protests on social media on the weekend, Vice President Hooper said that people should transfer any information to power.

“We will not accept this kind of selfish vandalism that we saw last night,” he said.

He continued: “If you come to EPPING with the intention of making a mindless theft, this is unacceptable.”

He said that “selfish guilt and violence” started on Thursday at 18:30 and everyone was dispersed from the site until 23:00.

BBC ESSEX political reporter Simon Dedman, who was at the scene, estimated that there were about 400 people.

Last week, Chris Whitbread, the conservative leader of the EPPING Forest Region Council, called on the Ministry of Interior to stop the asylum seekers at the hotel.

Two local Tor deputies attended him – Alex Burghart, representing Neil Hudson and Brentwood and Brentwood and Ongar from Epping Forest. They claimed that the home office did not understand the “seriousness of this situation”.

He followed the arrest of an asylum seeker on suspicion of sexual assault in the city.

Hadush Kebatu from Ethiopia was accused of three sexual crimes, encouraged a girl to participate in sexual activity.

He was detained at the Chelmsford Magistrate Court before a further hearing.

“Britain is a peaceful country that should be allowed to do their jobs without being attacked,” Weyman Bennett, a member of the racism that participated in the rally on Thursday.

“There is a lot of misinterpretation of who is here and why they are here.”

Ch Supt Anslow continued: “In this case, and whatever the power of feeling about it, deterioration and accusation is never a proper response.”

The Ministry of Interior said “he started to restore the order [to the asylum system]With the rapid increase in the asylum decision making process and the abolition of more than 24,000 people who have no right to be in the UK “.

A 65 -year -old man from Harlow was arrested on Thursday with an attack allegedly close to the hotel on Sunday.

He was accused of Affray and was released on bail. He is expected to appear in the Chelmsford Magistrate Court in September.

Police said that a second person was arrested and detained for not following the orders around the disintegration on Thursday.