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London braced on Sunday for more violence after some of the worst riots in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal thugs but residents attributed to local tensions and anger over hardship. Rioters throwing petrol bombs rampaged overnight through the deprived district of Tottenham in north London, setting police patrol cars, buildings and a double-decker bus on fire. "There is Twitter conversations that people are being asked to meet again down in Tottenham, so we are all concerned but clearly we will be much better prepared this evening," Richard Barnes, London's Deputy Mayor, told BBC TV. london riots Police Commander Adrian Hanstock told Reuters there was "a lot of ill-informed and inaccurate speculation on social media sites" that could inflame the situation. "Should we receive any indication that there will be any further violence or offending, there is a robust policing plan in place and we will respond appropriate...

London Riots 2011-Violence Escalates Across London News: Project staff in 1700 extra police to combat violence and met with the chief asks parents to check the cost of the activities of the children interrupted his vacation Interior, Theresa May, visited the control room of the effort Metropolitan Police the brain to stop the riots. When she visited a special room operations in Lambeth, south London, where it was said, the acting commissioner, met Tim Godwin, the first reports began to severe tensions in Hackney, East London . London riots 2011 London riots 2011 He had more first hand experience of May, the extent of the problems with the police, as you might expect. Last night, Met was the third night of losing power in the streets of London, and Mayhem, the latest outbreak seems to have been the worst so far. In the north, south, east and west of London, about 1,700 new employees dedicated to the return of control the streets and trying to cope with extreme violence. Police...