Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Police injured and arrests made as hundreds ‘celebrated’ death of Margaret Thatcher


In Bristol six officers were injured as they tried to break up a gathering of around 200 people and were pelted with bottles and cans. One officer remains in hospital and one person was arrested for violent disorder.

In Brixton smashed widows and looting of shops was reported as two women were arrested on suspicion of burglary.

More than 100 people gathered in south London suburb – the scene of fierce riots in 1981 just two years into her first time in office. Some scaled the nearby Ritzy Cinema and changed the film listings to read “Margaret Thatchers dead .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk