DTN News - LONDON RIOTS NEWS: Landmark British Furniture Store Is looted, Gutted In Minutes
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / LONDON, U.K. - August 10, 2011: Workmen clean up the charred remains of the Reeves furniture shop in Croydon, south of London, on August 10, 2011, following riots in the area on Monday night.
As masked youths burned down a fashion store and clashed with police in Manchester, residents of Britain's third largest city blamed the government for failing to deal with social problems.
Hundreds of masked youths tore through the centre of the city in northwest England on Tuesday, looting and smashing shop windows as the worst riots in Britain for decades spread beyond London on a fourth day of violence.
Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday "a fight back is under way" to restore law and order to Britain's streets but rioting, looting and arson by gangs of youths spread from London to other cities overnight.
Youths fought running battles with police in the northern cities of Manchester and Liverpool as well as in the Midlands.
They smashed shop windows, carted off televisions and designer clothes, and torched buildings as police armed with shields and batons struggled to maintain control.
A boosted police presence meant London itself was relatively quiet after three days of violent unrest that shocked the nation and raised questions about the divided state of modern Britain.
About 16,000 police officers patrolled London's streets on Tuesday night but with shops, pubs and businesses in many areas closing early and boarding up windows, the city which hosts the Olympic games next summer, had the air of a town under siege.
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