Riots Spread In England -- News Roundup August 9, 2011





Riots Spread In London -- L.A. Times



Looting and arson by youths organizing on social media have moved into tourist areas of the capital and to Britain's second-largest city. Some see it not as a protest, but an opportunistic crime spree.



Looting and arson by gangs of youths spread Monday from poor northern districts of London to the south, to tourist areas of the capital and to Britain's second-largest city as police flooded the streets and announced scores of new arrests.



Prime Minister David Cameron and other senior officials broke off their vacations and returned to London to try to stem the worst outbreak of urban violence in Britain in a quarter-century. It started Saturday night after a peaceful protest over the police shooting of a 29-year-old man in an operation to control illegal firearms.



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