Tuesday, August 9, 2011

1 Dead in London as Riots Spread to Other British Cities

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/1-Dead-in-London-as-Riots-Spread-to-Other-British-Cities-127312578.html

A man who was shot in a car in London has died of his injuries, becoming the first fatality of three days of rioting and looting that is spreading from the capital city to other parts of Britain.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has recalled parliament from its summer recess and nearly tripled the number of police on the streets to deal with the crisis.

Cameron cut short a vacation in Italy and rushed back to London to deal with some of the city's worst rioting in years.  Buildings, cars and bus stops burned and police fought with young people for a third straight night Monday in several London neighborhoods.

After viewing the destruction, the prime minister described the burned-out, ransacked buildings as "sickening."

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