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Last night’s riot in Tottenham, North London that left scores of Policemen injured and many sent to hospital, resulted in fires being set to a bus, police vehicles and stores.
Stores were looted and damages worth millions of pounds was caused during the riot and the looting.

The Night in Pictures.

A riot in Tottenham, North London last night has left shops, a bus and police vehicles burning after a protest of the shooting of a London gangster by police turned violent.
The alleged gangster, Mark Duggan, who was shot by police on Thursday evening, was a father of 4 and apparently not a violent person according to close colleagues of his.
A protest was organised over his shooting with friends and family participating which seemed to boil over and turn ugly as the mob grew larger and more violent. Eventually things turned seriously ugly and fires were set to stores, a bus and police vehicles. Clashes between rioters and police landed 26 police in hospital.
This is the worst mass violent protest in decades.

See the gallery of photos from the riots in London – click here

Scores of Policemen have been taken to hospital after being attacked by a mob of around 300 people in Tottenham, North London, last night.
Stores on the high street have been looted and petrol bombs thrown at police vehicles.

This comes on the heels of the shooting of a man by police on Thursday.

While the story behind the death of Mark Duggan is unclear, it is apparent that he shot at a policeman while in the back of a minicab and as a result officers fired back wounding him fatally. His family and friends held a vigil for him on Saturday night protesting his killing. The vigil then turned into a mass riot where busses and cars were set alight, shops and stores were looted and raided and general mayhem ensued.

Even busses were set alight.

News teams were forced to pull out of the area after being attacked by the mob.