Death of Keith Blakelock Violence and looting spread throughout England for several days, leading to five deaths, extensive property damage and over 3,000 arrests. Death of Keith Blakelock Keith Henry Blakelock was a London Metropolitan Police constable who was murdered on 6 October 1985 during rioting at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, north London. The trouble broke out after a local black woman died of heart failure during a police search of her home, and took place against a backdrop of unrest in several English cities and a breakdown of relations between the police and black communities. PC Blakelock had been assigned
2013 Biryulyovo riots 2013 Biryulyovo riots On 13 October 2013, riots broke out in Moscow's southern Biryulyovo district after it was announced that Egor Shcherbakov, a 25-year-old man, was killed allegedly by a migrant who "might have come from Central Asia or the Caucasus" on 10 October. The footage of the man being stabbed was circulated in the news agencies. The previous day, some 40 people gathered to demand justice. The police announced a reward of 1 million rubles (~$30,975) for any information about the suspect. The riots turned violent as the protesters, a "mixed crowd of nationalists and locals", attacked properties owned