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London's burning

Monday 08 August 2011
Rioting broke out in Tottenham on the evening of Saturday 6 August. The following evening it spread to other parts of London, including Enfield and Brixton.
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Rioting broke out in Tottenham on the evening of Saturday 6 August. The following evening it spread to other parts of London, including Enfield and Brixton.
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Police officers in riot gear stand in front of a burning building in Tottenham, north London, early in the morning of 7 August. Burning building

A police car burns on a street in Tottenham. There was criticism in some quarters of the slowness of the Met's response to the rioting. Police car alight

A firefighter walks past a burning shop in Tottenham on the morning of 7 August. The building, which housed a Carpetright store, dated from the 1930s. Still on fire

People gather near the remains of a burning police patrol car left after being set on fire during a protest over the fatal shooting of a local man in Tottenham. 6 August 2011. Patrol car

A policeman walks past a damaged jewellery shop in Enfield, north London, during the evening of 7 August, the day after rioting a few miles away in Tottenham. Looted jewellery shop

Police officers stand on Brixton High Street, in south London after looting broke out on August 8. Much of the rioting that erupted over the weekend was focused in north London. In Brixton

Firefighters spray the smouldering remains of the burnt-out Carpetright shop on the High Road in Tottenham, on the morning of 7 August. Burnt-out store

Fireman continue to dowse down buildings set alight during riots in Tottenham. 7 August 2011. Smouldering ruins

Bricks and debris litter the High Road in Tottenham on the morning of 7 August. Two police cars and a large number of shops were set ablaze during the previous night's rioting. After the riots

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