Leeds riots: Police car flipped and bus on fire as violence breaks out

Violence erupted in Leeds on Thursday evening with rioters setting a double-decker bus on fire and overturning a police car. Hundreds of locals clashed with officers and pelted police vans with rocks and bricks. The mass riot is believed to have broken out after social services took away four children from a family in the inner city area of Harehills at around 5pm on Thursday. Footage shared on social media showed the crowd smashing a police car’s windows with a pram, rocks and bicycles before flipping the vehicle onto its side. Read the full story: #leeds #rioting