Showing posts with label Crime: Riots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime: Riots. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Greece: Police clash with anti-immigrant mob

Greece: Police clash with anti-immigrant mob



Via the Telegraph:
The protesters, which reportedly included members of the far-right group Golden Dawn, gathered outside an abandoned factory where homeless migrants have taken refuge.

They threw stones at riot police and set fires to garbage bins in Greece's western port of Patras.

A 30-year-old Patras resident was fatally stabbed outside his home on Saturday following a dispute with three men, believed to be Afghan nationals.

(source)
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Thursday, 10 May 2012

Italy: Urban warfare as Tunisian, Albanian gangs clash

Italy: Urban warfare as Tunisian, Albanian gangs clash

Via AKI:
Police have arrested two Tunisians after urban warfare broke out late Tuesday in the central city of Perugia between gangs of immigrants when a North African was stabbed.

The two Tunisians face charges of resisting arrest and of causing damage when gangs of immigrants ran amok, smashing store windows and overturning rubbish bins in one of Perugia's main shopping streets.

Witnesses reported hearing several shots being fired around midnight, shortly before the North African was stabbed in the stomach and the head. 
(source)
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Sunday, 6 May 2012

Bonn: Salafists clash with police over Muhammad cartoon protest (UPDATED)

Bonn: Salafists clash with police over Muhammad cartoon protest


Salafists in Bonn clashed with police on Saturday after a Pro-NRW protest displaying anti-Islam cartoons.  29 police agents were injured, and over 100 people were arrested.

Update: Video was mistakenly dropped from original post. English-language report: AGI.
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Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Germany:Police arrest 30 Salafists after clashes

Germany:Police arrest 30 Salafists after clashes



Police spokeswoman Anja Meis said a group of Salafists protesting against a far-right march threw stones and attacked officers separating the two rallies in the western German city of Solingen Tuesday. Three policemen and a passer-by were injured. (source)
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Friday, 24 February 2012

Manchester: Muslim takeaways attacked by mob

Manchester: Muslim takeaways attacked by mob

The attack is related to an ongoing sex-grooming trial.

Via AFP:
A mob of about 200 people has attacked Asian takeaways in Rochdale in apparent race-related violence.

Windows were broken, police officers pelted with bricks and several vehicles damaged in the violence on Thursday night after the group gathered in the Heywood area of the city. One officer suffered bruising.

Police in riot vans filled the area and eventually dispersed the crowd, arresting a 35-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy.

(source)

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