1985 Handsworth riots 1500 police officers drafted into the area, about 45 shops looted and burnt, and a trail of damage running into hundreds of thousands of pounds. As well as racial tension, unemployment was seen as a major factor in the riots; by the time of the riots, fewer than 5% of the black population to have left school that summer had found employment. The riots were the first of a series of similar riots across the country during the autumn of 1985, notably the Broadwater Farm riot in London which also resulted in a fatality (the murder of policeman Keith Blakelock).
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