Rioters turned against their fellow countrymen Tuesday night, as the chaos and violence continues in the British capital.
Violence, rioting and looting continue in London on Tuesday night, as police and citizens struggle with how to respond to the ongoing crisis.
As a frightened nation asks itself "when will this violence end?" some have started the healing process. Others, however, continue on the looting spree that has shocked the capital since Saturday night.
Metropolitan Police posted first images and descriptions of people rioting in West Norwood and Croydon
The rioting that has engulfed London and several other cities should have come as no surprise, given the huge numbers of unemployed and idle British youth.
The riots convulsing London could cost taxpayers over £100 million, or $162 million, after the Metropolitan Police pick up the insurance tab, the Guardian reported.
To stop the four day-long riots in London, police and politicians are considering a number of crowd control methods never before used in the United Kingdom.
Sales for baseball bats on Amazon UK have risen by more than 6,000 percent over the past 24 hours, as the London riots stretch into their third day and spread to other cities.
Mark Duggan, the 29-year-old man whose death sparked London's riots, did not shoot police officers before he was killed, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said Tuesday. The IPCC said a CO19 firearms officer shot him twice and that the bullet lodged in a police radio was "consistent with being fired from a police gun."
As the chaos in Britain goes into its third day, Internet rumors have claimed that in addition to the widespread destruction, people were having their clothes stripped by looters as police attempted to contain the violence.
Social media services BlackBerry Messenger, Twitter and others have become weapons for rioters in London. They are using the connectivity tools to organize and stay one step ahead of police.
Meanwhile, Metropolitan Police plans to deploy thousands of officers in a grand show of strength to prevent further acts of disorder.
Smartphone makre RIM has said it will help police investigate BlackBerry users who have used its messenger service to aid the London riots.
Much of the current rioting and looting in London for the past three days has been coordinated not just via Facebook and Twitter, but also via BlackBerry smartphones that use encrypted communications, according to British authorities.
BRC stated that retail shops of every size and type have lost business to the rioters.
Ivory Coast's finances are in much better shape than authorities were predicting when it emerged from civil war in April, and with tax revenues beating forecasts, there is no doubting it can pay defaulted external debt by early next year.
A 26-year-old man became the first fatality of the London riots this week after he was shot in a car in Croydon, south of London, police said on Tuesday.
The security of the Summer Games becomes a concern for many.
The fact is, as the current disturbances clearly demonstrate, that Britain is a hard, grim and rough nation that has long been scarred by social inequalities, violence, drug abuse, gang warfare, racial tension, the collapse of manufacturing and, now, an economic crisis that threatens to tear the country asunder.
Following three nights of rioting and looting in London, some police, politicians and media organizations singled out Blackberry's messaging network as being a useful aid for UK troublemakers.
Gang warfare, drug trafficking, high unemployment and teenage pregnancy have blighted Tottenham for many years.
A 26-year-old man has died after being shot during rioting in a south London suburb.
