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2011 England riots
Sign in to save6–11 August 2011 riots in cities and towns across England
Key facts
- Date
- 6–11 August 2011 ( copycat incidents continued after this period)
- Location
- Several boroughs of London ; West Midlands , Merseyside , East Midlands , Greater Manchester , Bristol and several other areas
- Methods
- Rioting, looting, arson, robbery, assault, murder
- Resulted in
- Shops, homes, vehicles destroyed
- Injuries
- 205 (16 members of the public, 186 police officers, and 3 police community support officers )
- Arrested
- 3,000+
- Damage
- 2,815 homes, businesses attacked
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
A series of riots took place between 6 and 11 August 2011 in cities and towns across England, which saw looting and arson, as well as mass deployment of police and the deaths of five people.
The protests started in Tottenham Hale, London, following the killing of Mark Duggan, a local mixed-race man who was shot dead by police on 4 August. Several violent clashes with police followed Duggan's death, along with the destruction of police vehicles, a double-decker bus and many homes and businesses, which rapidly gained the attention of the media. Overnight, looting took place in Tottenham Hale retail park and in nearby Wood Green. The following days saw similar scenes in other parts of London, with the worst rioting taking place in Hackney, Brixton, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, Peckham, Enfield, Battersea, Croydon, Ealing, Barking, Woolwich, Lewisham and East Ham.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2011 England riots” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.