10/08/2011 12:18
1,100 arrests in UK riots
Over 1,100 rioters have been arrested in the UK since unrest erupted, the Associated Press news agency said. More than half of rioters have been detained in London, with charges already brought against 111 of them.
More than 100 police officers have suffered in clashes. The outskirts of London, - home to national minorities, immigrants and their descendants have become the centre of unrest. The authorities have made major efforts to put an end to rioting, and pledged using traumatic guns with plastic bullets against rioters.
Some 16,000 police officers are patrolling London streets round the clock.