Police car flipped over and bus on fire in Leeds as riots break out
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said she was “appalled at the shocking scenes” and attacks on police vehicles and public transport
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Violence erupted in Leeds on Thursday evening with rioters setting a double-decker bus on fire and overturning a police car.
Hundreds of locals clashed with officers and pelted police vans with rocks and bricks.
The mass riot is believed to have broken out after social services took away four children from a family in the inner city area of Harehills at around 5pm on Thursday.---More...
Bus on fire and police car overturned in disorderhttps://t.co/9OUInPnegS
— BBC Yorkshire (@BBCLookNorth)July 18, 2024
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