Canada urges 'high degree of caution' for travelers to UK amid unrest

By Merve Aydogan

HAMILTON, Canada (AA) - Canada updated its travel advisory on late Thursday for UK amid far-right riots across the UK in recent weeks.

The travel advisory urges Canadians to "exercise a high degree of caution in the United Kingdom due to the threat of terrorism."

The travel notice also notes the "ongoing demonstrations and violent clashes between protesters and police."

The UK has been rocked by turmoil for days, with violent far-right rioters spewing racist and Islamophobic vitriol targeting Muslims, minority groups and migrants.

The riots were fueled by false claims spread online that a suspect arrested for the July 29 fatal stabbings of three children in the seaside town of Southport was a Muslim asylum seeker. This misinformation has triggered a dangerous wave of violence and heightened tensions across the UK.

Authorities have since identified the attacker as Axel Rudakubana, a 17-year-old born in Cardiff, Wales to Rwandan parents, but this has done little to deter the far-right mobs.