Over 1,000 people have been arrested and nearly 600 charged in connection with the far-right riots that erupted across the United Kingdom following a stabbing incident in Southport on July 29, Anadolu Agency reported.

The UK has seen a surge in charges as authorities respond to the violent riots, which were fueled by false online claims that the suspect in the fatal stabbing of three children in Southport was a Muslim asylum seeker.