Sunday, August 14, 2011
UK Riots 2011 in Powerful Photos
Widespread rioting has occurred in England for five days. The police have clashed with rioters in erupted Hackney while cars are set on fire in Peckham and Lewisham. The riot following two last worst of violence broke out after armed officers of the Metropolitan Police Service shoot a local 29-year-old man named as Mark Duggan in Tottenham, North London on 4 August 2011. On 6 August 2011, more than 200 local people and Duggan's relatives marched in the streets of Tottenham after receiving too little information about Duggan's death. Several people became violent about the problem and then riot broke out. At least 111 police officers were injured and over 200 people were arrested during the riot. The worst rioting in Britain for decades starts in London spreads to Bristol in the southwest, Birmingham in the Midlands and the northwest port of Liverpool
Fire rages through a building in Tottenham High Road, north London. Violence erupted on Saturday 6 August 2011 after a protesting over the police shooting of local man Mark Duggan
A double decker bus burns on a main road in Tottenham. Police try to control a group of people
A woman was detained by police on the second night of rioting in Brixton, south London
The stunning image shows off a car exploding on Mare Street in Hackney. Rioters and police did not even come close to the car
A photographer was injured in Hackney
Fire is seen everywhere. In the picture, firefighters are trying to extinguish burning near Reeves Corner in Croydon, south London
A shopping mall in Woolwich, south-east London is set on fire
Buildings were seen burning in Tottenham High Road, London
A young lady leaps from a burning building in Surrey Street into arms of police officers
Rioting has spread into other cities including Liverpool, Manchester and the Midlands from London
A rioter is spotted in front of a burning car in North London
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