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On 7 August, UK police announced their largest mobilisation since the 2011 England riots, due to the threat of further violence targeting asylum seekers and immigrants, with 6,000 riot police on duty throughout the country and 2,000 in reserve as reinforcements. [232]
Riots have spread across England and Northern Ireland in recent days following the killings of three young girls in Southport on 29 July.. Authorities are working to curb the serious civil ...
During the riots, on 9 August 2011, UK Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I think this is about sheer criminality. That is what we have seen on the streets. That is what we have seen on the streets. The violence we've seen, the looting we've seen, the thuggery we've seen – this is sheer criminality, and let's make no bones about it."
Riots have erupted at anti-immigration protests in towns and cities across Britain in the last week, with attacks by far-right groups on hotels housing asylum seekers and on mosques. On July 29 ...
2011 England riots Firefighters douse a shop and flats destroyed by arson during the initial rioting in Tottenham, North London Date 10 August 2011 Location Several districts across Greater London, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Yorkshire, Bristol and several other areas. Methods Looting, arson Casualties and losses 5 deaths 16+ civilian injuries 186 police ...
A school shooting/murder–suicide. Deadliest mass shooting in UK history. 7 July 2005 7 July 2005 London bombings: London, England 52: 700+ Al-Qaeda attack. Four coordinated terrorist Suicide bombings in central London between 08:50 and 09:47. It was the United Kingdom's worst terrorist incident since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. 2 June 2010 ...
Sharon Holland said abusers are getting away with driving their victims to suicide, as figures show rates have surged year-on-year and overtaken the number of victims killed by their tormentors ...
The remains of the House of Reeves furniture store in Croydon after it was destroyed in an arson attack during the 2011 England riots, which broke out in the events following Duggan's death. At about 17:30 BST on 6 August 2011, Duggan's relatives and local residents marched from Broadwater Farm to Tottenham Police Station. The demonstrators ...