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Riots in London after fatal shooting
Riots broke out in north London Saturday night following a fatal
police shooting. Two police cars, a bus and several shops were set
ablaze in Tottenham after Mark Duggan, 29, a father of four, was
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London:
Violent incidents, fires and rioting were witnessed on the third
consecutive day in London, with riot police deployed and
firefighters making efforts to handle blazes at various places
across the capital.
Cars were set on fire in Lewisham district and a bus and shop were
set ablaze in Peckham. A large furniture shop in Croydon is also
well alight, BBC reported late Monday night.
London's emergency services were kept on full-scale alert as
rioting, fires and pitched battles with police erupted around the
city since late afternoon, the Guardian reported.
The Metropolitan police sent hundreds of extra officers on to the
streets of London, as trouble flared in the north, south and east
regions here.
Masked youths smashed up shops and threw missiles, planks of wood
and wheelie bins at riot police in Hackney, east London.
Several abandoned vehicles were set alight. There were also
violent scenes in Lewisham, south-east London, where petrol bombs
were reportedly thrown at officers, and shops looted.
A bus was torched in nearby Peckham district, as police struggled
to respond to the spread of sporadic violent incidents.
The unrest spread to outside London with West Midlands police
confirming incidents of disorder in Birmingham city centre.
As Theresa May, the home secretary, broke off her holiday to
return to London, the number of arrests from three consecutive
nights of violence rose to 215, with 27 people charged.
London mayor Boris Johnson would be returning early from his
holiday, it was announced.
Acting Metropolitan police commissioner Tim Godwin, said: "We need
to separate grievance and criminality."
After meeting Godwin, May said: "Those responsible for this
violence and looting will be made to face the consequences of
their actions... But as the police take statements from witnesses,
as they look at CCTV evidence, more arrests will be made."
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