Violence breaks out at Tommy Robinson campaign event as supporters clash with ...

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Two police vehicles have been damaged after a disturbance broke out at a Tommy Robinson campaign event.

Footage posted on social media showed clashes between supporters of the campaigner, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, and counter-demonstrators in Oldham, Greater Manchester on Saturday afternoon.

A police spokesman said: 'Today during a planned event in Oldham, officers responded accordingly to a disturbance in the Limeside area.

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'A number of objects were thrown and some damage has been caused to two police vehicles but there have not been reported injuries.'

The force said the incident had been brought to a close, and that reports circulating that someone had been stabbed had been

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