Disturbances after hundreds at demonstration
People gathered earlier near a McDonald's close to Heartlands Hospital
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Some disturbances have taken place after hundreds of people gathered in part of Birmingham, following false reports that far-right protesters planned to march.
The hundreds had been near a McDonald's close to Heartlands Hospital in the Bordesley Green area.
During the evening several vehicles and a pub, The Clumsy Swan in Yardley, were attacked by a group of Muslim youths, who broke away from the main demonstration and were wearing masks and carrying weapons.
The vehicles were close to Stechford police station.
The West Midlands force said there had been at least three cases of criminal damage, one offence where someone was seen carrying an offensive weapon and one of assault.
Scenes have followed other clashes in UK towns and cities in the wake of the fatal stabbing of three children in Southport a week ago.
Riots have been fuelled in part by false claims the suspect was Muslim and a refugee.
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