Three dead as riots in Britain continue

Three people were killed in the British town of Birmingham as "youths" continued to clash with police, the Reuters news agency said on Wednesday.

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Wednesday, 10.08.2011.

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Three people were killed in the British town of Birmingham as "youths" continued to clash with police, the Reuters news agency said on Wednesday. London, where the violence began over the weekend before spreading to other towns across the country, saw deployment of thousands of extra police and was largely peaceful, the news agency said. Three dead as riots in Britain continue The victims in Birmingham were hit by a car "while trying to protect their community from looters", according to witnesses. euronews reported earlier that Manchester’s senior police officer said after a night of looting and vandalism the town say "the worst unrest seen ithere for 30 years". Locals were warned to avoid the city centre after most workers were advised to hurry home before nightfall. Police arrested dozens of individuals and vowed to detain more after studying CCTV in the days ahead. In Salford in greater Manchester, youths took on riot police although no injuries were reported. Birmingham saw a second night of unrest in which cars burned and stores were raided, but this time the police response was swift. Elsewhere a police station was fire bombed by a group of 40 or so males in the city of Nottingham. After the troubles in London, West Midlands police had prepared contingency plans with 400 dedicated officers working extended shifts across the region in addition to local officers in order to protect communities. (Beta)

Three dead as riots in Britain continue

The victims in Birmingham were hit by a car "while trying to protect their community from looters", according to witnesses.

euronews reported earlier that Manchester’s senior police officer said after a night of looting and vandalism the town say "the worst unrest seen ithere for 30 years".

Locals were warned to avoid the city centre after most workers were advised to hurry home before nightfall.

Police arrested dozens of individuals and vowed to detain more after studying CCTV in the days ahead.

In Salford in greater Manchester, youths took on riot police although no injuries were reported.

Birmingham saw a second night of unrest in which cars burned and stores were raided, but this time the police response was swift.

Elsewhere a police station was fire bombed by a group of 40 or so males in the city of Nottingham.

After the troubles in London, West Midlands police had prepared contingency plans with 400 dedicated officers working extended shifts across the region in addition to local officers in order to protect communities.

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