Two more arrests made over hotel violence

Broken window at hotel, with police officer standing nearbyImage source, Reuters/Hollie Adams
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The Holiday Inn Express in Manvers was badly damaged during rioting on Sunday

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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting violent disorder at a hotel near Rotherham at the weekend.

The men, aged 38 and 69, from Barnsley, were arrested on Tuesday following the riot at the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers in Wath-upon-Dearne on Sunday, police said.

A vehicle believed to have carried weapons which were used to attack officers during the incident had also been seized, according to South Yorkshire Police.

A total of seven people have now been charged in connection with the disorder in South Yorkshire.

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