Riots of London create a serious environment
LONDON: Rioting and looting that began on Saturday from London have been spread to more areas, including Birmingham, north of London.
All that riots make a serious doubt over the third Test match between England and India.
Police said, attackers smashed shops and looted property in the city of Birmingham in central England, in the first sign of the riots spreading beyond the capital.
The two teams, who are scheduled to play the third Test in Birmingham beginning on Wednesday, were confined to their hotel rooms.
Some England players expressed their concern over these conditions.
The batsman Kevin Pietersen wrote on Twitter, “They have just locked our hotel in Birmingham Riots just started here. Insane!”
England all-rounder Tim Bresnan also voiced his concerns on Twitter. “Just seen rioters in Birmingham fleeing down the main street followed by load of police in full get up. What’s going on?”
Also Stuart Broad added on his Twitter page, “Police vans all around Birmingham where we are right now.”
On Saturday the violence erupted late in London’s northern Tottenham district when a peaceful protest over the police shooting of a suspect two days earlier turned violent.
Till Monday, the violence had spread to parts of the south of the city, including Clapham Junction, one of London’s busiest railway junctions, Woolwich in the capital’s southeast and the Ealing area of west London.
