{"id":125840,"date":"2021-05-20T23:35:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T23:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=125840"},"modified":"2021-05-20T23:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T23:35:35","slug":"rioters-set-vehicles-alight-and-attack-police-during-swansea-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/rioters-set-vehicles-alight-and-attack-police-during-swansea-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Rioters set vehicles alight and attack police during Swansea violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rioters set vehicles alight and attack police during night of violence in Swansea &#8211; with officers threatening &#8216;robust&#8217; action to bring the situation under control<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vigil for a recently-deceased local resident escalated into chaos in Swansea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Police described &#8216;violence, criminal damage and a disregard for public safety&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trouble is &#8216;ongoing&#8217; and South Wales Police are urging residents to stay indoors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Local Welsh Parliament member Tom Giffard called the scenes &#8216;disturbing&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rioters have set vehicles alight and attacked police during a night of violence in Swansea &#8211; with officers threatening &#8216;robust&#8217; action to bring the situation under control.<\/p>\n<p>A vigil for a recently-deceased local resident\u00a0escalated into &#8216;violence, criminal damage and a wanton disregard for public safety&#8217; in the Mayhill area, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble is &#8216;ongoing&#8217; and South Wales Police are urging residents to stay indoors while officers try to safely deal with the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shocking pictures taken at the scene showed flames billowing from a torched car as onlookers gathered to watch. Locals said the car belonged to a man who tried to stop the violence.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses claimed a 90-year-old woman living nearby had her &#8216;windows put through&#8217; by the group &#8211; as did two other neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>And disturbing video footage shows the group rolling a car down a hill &#8211; towards the burning vehicle &#8211; before it crashes into the wall. The group erupt into cheers at the sound of the crash.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/05\/21\/00\/43250259-0-image-a-124_1621552089633.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rioters have set vehicles alight and attacked police during a night of violence in Swansea &#8211; with officers threatening &#8216;robust&#8217; action to bring the situation under control<\/p>\n<p>Local Welsh Parliament member Tom Giffard called the scenes &#8216;disturbing&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>South Wales Police Superintendent Tim Morgan said: &#8216;We have a number of officers at the scene working to de-escalate the situation as quickly as possible and allow other emergency service colleagues to attend to calls in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The incident is still on-going and we urge anyone involved to leave the scene immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Those involved can expect to face robust action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Post-incident investigations will also aim to identify all those concerned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the meantime, we urge local residents to stay indoors while the matter is brought to a safe conclusion.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/05\/21\/00\/43250045-9602597-image-a-125_1621552104571.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Local Welsh Parliament member Tom Giffard called the scenes (pictured) &#8216;disturbing&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/05\/21\/00\/43250239-9602597-image-a-126_1621552118735.jpg\" height=\"611\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The trouble (a group gathered, pictured) is &#8216;ongoing&#8217; and South Wales Police are urging residents to stay indoors while officers try to safely deal with the situation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/05\/21\/00\/43250039-9602597-image-a-127_1621552150476.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Flames were seen billowing from the car in Swansea after it was set alight<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9602597\/Rioters-set-vehicles-alight-attack-police-night-violence-Swansea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rioters set vehicles alight and attack police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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