Police were told night before Dover unrest that far-right agitators had converged on village

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Kent police received advance warnings about far-right agitators gathering near Dover, who later blocked roads and planned attacks against Muslim communities. The agitators had mobilized from a nearby village, effectively overtaking it prior to unrest.

Details passed to Kent police after far-right activists heard in pub boasting about going to to Dover to ‘attack Muslims’ Police were told the night before far-right agitators blocked roads into Dover that those involved had converged on a village 18 miles away and planned to use it as a launchpad, it has emerged. People in Preston-next-Wingham told of how hundreds of men had started to arrive in the village of just over 920 residents on Friday afternoon and in effect “took over” the village. Continue reading...