Violent crowds clash with riot cops and set police vans on fire outside mosque near scene of horror Southport stabbing

POLICE are fighting a mob of hundreds of protestors outside a mosque in Southport near the scene of the horror stabbing.

Large crowds were seen clashing with officers as police vans were set ablaze in Merseyside after three children were killed in a sickening knife rampage yesterday.

PATrouble flares during a protest in Southport, after three children died yesterday[/caption] Cops stood guard with riot shields as a police van was set ablaze

Shocking footage from the scene...