South Yorkshire Police have released images of 21 men they want to speak to following the riots outside a Holiday Inn Express hotel in Rotherham used to house asylum seekers on August 4. Do you know any of them? Contact South Yorkshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 239 of 4 August 2024. Make note of the numbers in each picture when you make contact.
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00:00Police have released images of 21 men as part of their investigation into mass
00:03disorder outside a Rotherham hotel over the weekend. Tens of thousands of pounds
00:07of damage was done to the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers Way and more than 50
00:11officers were injured when an anti-immigration protest escalated into a
00:14riot intended by more than 700 people. The images you're seeing here
00:18appear to have been captured using body-worn cameras worn by officers
00:21policing the event and now South Yorkshire Police is asking for the
00:24public's help to identify these people. If you know any of them here you can
00:28contact South Yorkshire Police online or by calling 101 quoting incident number
00:32239 of August 4th 2024 as incident number 239 of August 4th 2024. If you do
00:40make contact please make note of the number you see in each photo and relay
00:45that to the officer when you get in touch. Alternatively if you prefer not to
00:48give your personal details you can stay anonymous by passing on what you know
00:51through the independent charity Crimestoppers. You can call their UK
00:55contact centre on free phone 0800 555 111 or by completing an online form.