Leeds riot: Police van set on fire as ‘utter chaos’ breaks out in city

LEEDS has been hit by riots following reports of a police van that has been set on fire in a residential streets

PUBLISHED: 20:46, Thu, Sep 19, 2019

Residents in Halton Moor report scenes of “utter chaos” during mass unrest that kicked-off this evening. It is to known what sparked the riot but officers have warned people to stand back due to a “riot with people throwing bricks” the other side of a cordon, Leeds Live reports. Police in riot gear have taken to the streets to clam the disturbance that happened at 6pm.

Dozens of police were called to the scene and a large cordon was put up following reports of a group of rioters hurling bricks at officers.

The streets remain packed with people who have ignored police advise to stay in their homes.

Sure, it's the middle of hurricane season. But this is ridiculous. The six named storms whirling at once this week in the Atlantic and Pacific set a record, forecasters reported. "While Humberto and Kiko were spinning in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, four new tropical cyclones formed Tuesday: Imelda and Jerry in the Atlantic Basin, and Mario and Lorena in the Eastern Pacific Basin," the Weather Channel reported. This combined number of active storms in both basins was believed to tie a modern record, set in September 1992, according to National Hurricane Center forecaster Eric Blake. He tweeted Tuesday that "they are forming like roaches out there." 🌪

Riverside police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect accused of assaulting a police officer and stealing beer. Around 11 p.m. Sept. 9, police responded to Halls Eastwood Market on Springfield Street after a man reportedly stole a 12-pack of beer and ran toward Harshman Road. Cruiser camera and body camera footage shows a man coming out of a wooded area at a nearby apartment complex carrying a bag with alcohol in it. As the officer approaches the suspect, the suspect argues with the officer when he is asked to place his hands behind his back to be detained. The suspect then stands up and punches the officer multiple times in the head and runs toward the Yorktown Colony Apartment. Anyone with information is asked to contact Riverside police at (937) 233-2080.🔫👮🏻‍♂️ #Taser

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One person has been killed and another five are wounded after a shooting broke out on Thursday in the streets of Washington D.C., just two miles from the White House, authorities say. Gunfire rang out late Thursday around 10.06pm in Columbia Heights in the 1300 block of Columbia Road, about two miles from the White House. The shooting took place outdoors in the courtyard of an apartment building, cops say. Five people were wounded, two critically, in the gunfire and were rushed to nearby hospitals. Police say all victims are expected to survive their injuries 😱

Mark Zuckerberg capped off a day of meetings in Washington D.C. with a sit-down with Donald Trump in the Oval Office. 'Nice meeting with Mark Zuckerberg of facebook in the Oval Office today,' the president wrote on Twitter, adding a picture of him with the Facebook CEO. Trump has complained about a conservative bias among social media platforms and has met with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on the subject.

Black Mississippi man on death row for 20 years accused of killing four people, before his murder conviction was overturned due to racial bias, urges judge to refuse a SEVENTH trial and throw out the charges. Curtis Flowers, 49, had his murder conviction and death sentence overturned in June after the Supreme Court found racial bias in his trial's jury selection where 36 black jurors were blocked from the court room. Flowers was tried for the murder of four people at Tardy Furniture store in Winona in 1996: store owner Bertha Tardy, 59, and three employees, Carmen Rigby, 45, Robert Golden, 42, and Derrick Stewart, 16. Flower's motion to drop the murder charges and release him on bail was filed on Thursday in state court by lawyer Rob McDuff. 😡 #WTF?

Rudy Giuliani gave a bizarre interview on national television on Thursday in which he initially denied asking Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden - only to reverse himself seconds later. Giuliani, the former New York mayor who is a lawyer for Donald Trump, went on television amid a spate of reports about a whistleblower in the intelligence community who alleged that the president made an 'inappropriate' comment to a foreign leader during a phone call. Attention has fallen on a call with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, and questions over whether Trump asked him to investigate a gas company linked to Joe Biden's son Hunter.

Footage has captured the horrifying moment customers fled for their lives after the roof collapsed at Bangkok's biggest shopping mall. Torrential rain during a wild thunderstorm caused the ceiling to fall in at Central Plaza WestGate in Nonthaburi's Bang Yai district on Wednesday night. 😱

Democratic donor Ed Buck appears in court wearing an anti-suicide smock and his bail is set at $4M for running a drug den - as he is hit with federal charge over the two black men found dead from overdose in his LA home. Buck, 65, was charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney on Tuesday with battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house. In a complaint filed in a Los Angeles federal court on Thursday , the Drug Enforcement Agency claimed Buck not only injected two men with crystal meth after which they overdosed and died, but had also been giving the drug to another man during sex sessions every day for the past month. The Hillary Clinton donor was taken in to federal custody this afternoon after being charged in United States District Court with providing methamphetamine to a man who died after receiving the drug intravenously.

(WARNING 21+) Prosecutors presented disturbing surveillance video in court showing a man opening fire inside a Southern California synagogue in April, killing a woman and injuring three other people. The short clip that purports to depict John Earnest, 20, storming into the Chabad of Poway synagogue armed with an assault rifle was shown to a judge who will decide whether the defendant should stand trial. Earnest has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and an unrelated arson charge at a mosque. The murder charge, classified as a hate crime, would make him eligible for the death penalty if convicted, but prosecutors have not said what punishment they will seek. #shooting

Authorities in Michigan say three Amish children, ages six to 13, were killed and another was seriously injured after a car struck their horse-drawn buggy. All four children were siblings traveling home from school, according to the Lansing State Journal. The injured child was taken to a local hospital. Additional details on their condition were not immediately available. Authorities said the buggy was struck from behind around 3.20pm Wednesday as it traveled along Vermontville Highway near Charlotte in southern Michigan's Chester Township. The elderly man who was driving the car was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. 😱

Road accident in Russia... #facepalm