| British premier institutes tough anti-riot measures | Send to a friend |
| Friday, 12 August 2011 22:01 |
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As a police crackdown and heavy rain prevented a fifth night of chaos, Cameron told an emergency session of parliament he would give police extra powers including the ability to order youths to remove face coverings. London police announced Friday that 68-year-old Richard Mannington Bowes had died in hospital after he was attacked while trying to deter looters in the west London district of Ealing on Monday. Cameron said that a year before London hosts the 2012 Olympics, Britain needed to show a more positive face to the world after the riots in which dozens of buildings have been torched. "We will not stop until this mindless violence and thuggery is defeated and law and order is fully restored on all our streets," he told lawmakers. "We need to show the world, which has looked on frankly appalled, that the perpetrators of the violence we have seen on our streets are not in any way representative of our country -- nor of our young people." Anyone whose property was damaged will be compensated, Cameron added.Britain is still reeling after four of the worst nights of rioting for decades, which started in London then spread to other English cities including Manchester and Birmingham.The riots started on Saturday, sparked by anger over the shooting by police of a 29-year-old man, Mark Duggan, in the deprived north London district of Tottenham. (AFP) Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
