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Unrest Spreads Across U.K.
A wave of violence and looting rages across London and spreads to three other major British cities, as authorities struggle to contain the country's worst unrest since race riots set the capital ablaze in the 1980s.
- Aug. 10: A police officers walks behind a cordon in front of Reeves Furniture showroom in Croydon, south London which was destroyed by fire in Monday's disturbances in the area. The presence of thousands of extra police officers helped keep a nervous London quiet early Wednesday after three nights of rioting, but violence and looting flared in English cities including Manchester and Birmingham.read moreAPShare
- Aug. 10: Merseyside Police officers help clean up a burnt out caravan in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, England, following rioting in the area Tuesday night. Thousands of extra police officers flooded into London in a bid to end Britain's worst rioting in a generation. An eerie calm prevailed in the capital, but unrest spread across England on a fourth night of violence driven by diverse and brazen crowds of young people.read moreAPShare
- Aug. 9: Police officers scuffle with men as members of the community march to reclaim their streets in Enfield, North London. Thousands more police officers flooded London streets Tuesday in a bid to end Britain's worst rioting in a generation as nervous shopkeepers closed early and some residents stood guard to protect their neighborhoods.read moreAPShare
- Aug. 7, 2011: Police vehicles drive past a fire in a building in Tottenham, north London. One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riots when a north London suburb exploded in anger after a gathering to protest the Thursday shooting of a 29-year-old man.read moreAP/PAShare
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Unrest Spreads Across U.K.
A wave of violence and looting rages across London and spreads to three other major British cities, as authorities struggle to contain the country's worst unrest since race riots set the capital ablaze in the 1980s.
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