Angry rioting broke out in a Leeds suburb today as an angry mob were seen smashing up a police car - with footage posted on social media showing large groups of people rioting
Angry rioting broke out in a Leeds suburb today as an angry mob were seen smashing up a police car.
The grim footage posted on social media showed large groups of people rioting in the Harehills area of the city. In another video, a child can be seen picking up a scooter and throwing it at the car, which people were also seen shaking from side to side. A social media live stream from the scene showed a large crowd of people surrounding a fire in the middle of the road at around 9.:10pm.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "At 5pm today, police were called to an ongoing disturbance at an address in Luxor Street, Harehills. Officers attended and found an ongoing disturbance which involved some agency workers and some children.
A large number of officers attended the incident
"More people started to attend the location and a decision was made to remove the agency workers and the children to a safe place. A crowd started to gather and more officers were requested to attend the area, where some pockets of disorder were occurring."
Currently, no injuries have been reported and police remain at the scene. A number of roads have been closed.
The Mirror has approached West Yorkshire Police for further comment.
Labour councillor for the Gipton and Harehills area, Salma Arif, said people should "avoid the area if at all possible" in the update posted to social media with an Inspector Nicholls from East Leeds Neighbourhood Policing Team.
Nicholls said: ""If you could just stay where you are, stay in your houses while we manage this incident. If you are in the crowd I would ask you to go home please so we can keep everybody safe."
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