Attack on a police office during protests in Sunderland.
There is a fire adjacent to the police building.
During a demonstration in Sunderland related to the knife attack in Southport, protesters clashed with police, attacking a police office and setting the nearby building on fire.
It comes after rioters and the police engage in additional altercations outside a city mosque, during which stones and beer cans are hurled at them.
Demonstrators, some wearing masks, were driven back from the mosque on St Mark's Road by mounted police.
Police in Northumbria said that their personnel had been "subjected to serious violence" and urged people not to go near the scene.
Along with beer barrels, young men chanted "whose streets, our streets" at the police.
While some in the crowd yelled insulting remarks about Islam, others carried signs endorsing far-right campaigner Tommy Robinson.
"Those who incite chaos on our streets and assault law enforcement will be held accountable for their acts of violence and thuggery," declared Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
The mob has also targeted cars in the city center, setting fire to an overturned vehicle.
The Sunderland Central Police office verified that Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service was present at the fire scene.
The owner of Tyne and Wear Metro, Nexus, stated that Sunderland Rail Station was to be closed at approximately 22:15 BST after a request from British Transport Police.
The disturbances come after Wednesday night's rioting in Hartlepool, which Cleveland Police said were sparked by demonstrations over Monday's fatal knife assault on a group of kids in Southport, Merseyside.
The events in Sunderland "appalled" North East Mayor Kim McGuinness.
Without a doubt, if your reaction to a tragedy is to use it as an excuse to harm people, assault law enforcement, and destroy property, then all you stand for is thuggery," the woman stated.
You don't represent Sunderland, do you? You don't represent this area.
