City violence erupts.RIOT police riot police n → policía antidisturbios riot police n → forces fpl de police intervenant en cas d'émeute; hundreds of riot police → fought running battles with rival protesters last night as racial tensions spilled over on the streets of Birmingham. West Midlands police West Midlands Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second largest in the United Kingdom after London's Metropolitan Police [1]. It covers an area with nearly 2. arrested 31 people after violence broke out in the city centre between a group campaigning against Muslim extremists and members of an anti-BNP rally. Both protests, held in separate parts of the city centre, had been conducted peacefully until violent skirmishes broke out on New Street at about 7pm. Terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. shoppers cowered in Primark and Saturday night revellers fled in panic as police clad in riot gear struggled to contain the random outbreaks of violence. As our dramatic pictures show, one man shielded his head as he lies prone on the ground - while an attacker seeminlgy attempts to kick him in the face. Another shows a man looking to throw a punch as tensions reached boiling point. CAPTION(S): ATTACK: A man is kicked after falling to the ground in New Street. |
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