Map of the 2011 London Riots
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Share- Thursday, August 4, 2011
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The catalyst for the riots was the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Mark Duggan by police on 4 August 2011 during a planned arrest in which one officer was injured. Friends and relatives of Duggan stated that he was unarmed. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) stated that a non-police-issue handgun was later recovered at the scene. The shooting took place on the Ferry Lane bridge, next to Tottenham Hale station. (Wikipedia) - Saturday, August 6, 2011
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On 6 August a peaceful protest was held, beginning at Broadwater Farm and finishing at Tottenham police station. The protest was organised by friends and relatives of Duggan to demand justice for the family. Around 200 people participated in this protest. (Wikipedia) -
A series of disturbances by people in Tottenham followed the protest march on 6 August. Attacks were carried out on police cars, a double-decker bus and local businesses and homes from around 22:30. Police vans and officers from the Territorial Support Group attended the scene of disorder on Tottenham High Road. Stores were looted by rioters after windows were smashed. A number of people were left homeless. Fireworks, petrol bombs and other missiles were also thrown at police. Twenty-six officers were injured, including one who sustained head injuries. Firefighters experienced difficulty reaching a burning building due to the disorder. (Wikipedia) -
- Sunday, August 7, 2011
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There was further disorder in neighbouring Wood Green, two miles away, during the early hours of 7 August, when widespread looting broke out in which around 100 youths targeted high-street game shops, electrical stores and clothing chains. Others ransacked local shops on Wood Green High Road. According to the news provider, G-Mantella on Green Lanes, a family-run jeweller, was among the retailers to be hit by the lawlessness. Again, the police did not intervene to stop the looting. The mostly Turkish and Kurdish shop owners along Wood Green, Turnpike Lane and Green Lanes, were said to have formed local ''protection units'' around their shops. -
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On Sunday evening, 7 August, violent disturbances erupted in Enfield, to the north of Tottenham, among heavy presence of riot police. Enfield Town centre, Enfield Town Park and alleyways between there and the Palace Garden shopping centre were being guarded by police. A heavy police presence was seen outside Enfield Town railway station where people arriving were being searched for security reasons. Riot police had arrived in Enfield Town by the afternoon of 7 August as several small groups of hooded youngsters arrived in cars, buses and trains. Around 100 people were waiting in small groups in the vicinity of Enfield Town station in Southbury Road. -
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Looters and rioters attacked two police cars and two jewellers in Waltham Cross High Street at around 9:50pm. A specialist public order unit was sent to the area, along with sections of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Police Dog Unit. -
Looting was reported at Kingsland shopping centre in Dalston including JD Sports and Foot Locker. -
The windscreen of a police vehicle was smashed out as groups of youths caused a disturbance in Islington during the night of 7 August. -
Overnight, the evening's violence spread to Oxford Circus, central London, as about 50 youths gathered, and damaged some local property. -
Six fire engines tackled blaze at a Foot Locker shoe shop in Brixton. Riot police and youths clashed near a local Currys store that was broken into during disturbances in Brixton. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, a local resident described ''hundreds'' of men and women entering the electrical store and emerging with TVs and other electrical goods. Upon police arriving, the looters attacked, throwing rocks and the contents of bins at officers. A branch of Halfords was targeted and looted by youths. By 11:57, both Tesco and Foot Locker were targeted by looters. Lambeth Council’s leader, Councillor Steve Reed said the mobs in Streatham ''They were looters not rioters.'' Looting had spread to Brixton in the evening. -
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The T Mobile, JD Sports and other shops were ransacked. Councillor Mark Bennett said the owner of one store in Streatham High Road was hospitalised after a mob attacked the shop. - Monday, August 8, 2011
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On the morning of 8 August, several shops in Enfield Town and in the nearby A10 retail park were vandalised and looted, and there were reports of two vehicles set on fire. A large crowd of youths moved westwards, toward nearby Ponders End and wrecked a local Tesco. Hundreds of riot police and canine units arrived with vans and charging at groups of teenagers until disappeared into local side streets, smashing cars and shop windows on the way. -
Over 30 youths wrecked and looted shops, including a branch of BHS, in Walthamstow Central on the morning of 8 August. -
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Three police officers hospitalized after being hit by a fast-moving vehicle in Chingford Mount, Waltham Forest, at 00.45 on 8 August. The officers had started making arrests after a shop was in the process of being looted by youths. -
Sporadic skirmishes were reported to have occurred between police and groups of young people in the area around Mare Street, Hackney. There are also reports of petrol bombs being thrown and youths throwing bottles and contents of bins. Some bins have also been set on fire. Disturbances on-going in Hackney as the mounted and riot police charge retreating gangs. Cars were on fire. -
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Police closed the entire area around West Croydon station on the evening of 8 August. Bricks, bottles and stones were thrown at police, and an Argos store was broken into and looted. A large furniture store was set alight. -
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Shops and restaurants were damaged in Ealing, west London, and there was a fire in Haven Green park opposite Ealing Broadway station. -
- Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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Prime Minister David Cameron returned early from his holiday and chaired an emergency meeting of COBR. In a statement at 11:00, Cameron announced that 16,000 police officers will be deployed in London in anticipation of further violence, with all police leave cancelled. It was also announced that Parliament will be recalled on 11 August to debate the situation. Over 525 people have been arrested since the start of the disruption, and the Metropolitan Police have announced their intention to use baton rounds against rioters if necessary. - total distance: 93 miles (150 km)
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