Full moon rises over London: A plane passes in front of the moon as it rises over Albert Bridge on Feb. 7, 2012 in London. (source)
Tottenham riots: Police ‘had not anticipated’ extreme violence
The Metropolitan police has admitted it “had not anticipated” the extreme violence that saw police attacked and buildings and vehicles set alight during sustained rioting in Tottenham, north London.
As questions were asked about the level of policing, Commander Adrian Hanstock said a peaceful vigil by the family of 29-year-old Mark Duggan, who was fatally shot by officers in the area on Thursday, had been “hijacked by mindless thugs” and that the situation had “escalated out of all proportion”.
Twenty-six police officers suffered injuries, with eight receiving hospital treatment. Two remained in hospital on Sunday. Three members of the public also required medical attention, with two taken to hospital.
Forty-two people have been arrested for offences including violent disorder, burglary and theft following the torching of buildings, two police cars and a bus, and the ransacking and looting of shops in both Tottenham and nearby Wood Green.
The violence followed a demonstration by members of the community outside Tottenham police station to demand “justice” for the family of Duggan, a father of four, who was shot after police stopped the minicab he was driving in.
Police clash with protesters outside the Topshop store in central London, during a mass demonstration against government financial cuts on Saturday, March 26. Tens of thousands marched through London today in a demonstration against the government’s austerity measures, amid a heavy police presence that failed to stop outbreaks of violence (Carl Court / AFP - Getty Images)
London Olympic stadium built over unexploded World War II bomb
The British Government records show that 500 million pounds Olympic Stadium in London has been built on top of an undiscovered and unexploded Nazi bomb. The bomb is thought to have fallen in 1941 at the height of the German air campaign against British cities during the Second World War. Civil Defence maps and other wartime records show that what is now including the Olympic Park sustained a number of direct hits from bombs ranging between 100 lbs and 2,000 lbs in size. The device is feared to be near the surface of the main stadium where the Queen and other world leaders will gather in 2012. It is listed on the Ministry of Defence’s “abandoned bomb” register, which was compiled from official records kept during the Second World War, the Daily express reports. The list shows that a bomb of an unknown size was thought to have been dropped by Hitler’s Luftwaffe into a landfill site during the World War II. That contaminated tip is now the exact site of the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London. (ANI)
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