Death of Keith Blakelock nearby British Legion hall joined in by closed-circuit television. A public-address system was installed to allow 500 people standing outside the church to hear the service. A memorial for Blakelock, commissioned by the Police Memorial Trust, stands by the roundabout at Muswell Hill, north London, where he was a homebeat officer. A plaque on the estate's Broadwater Farm Garden, opened in July 1988, is "dedicated to those who died and suffered on 5th and 6th October 1985"; the deaths on 5 and 6 October were Cynthia Jarrett and Keith Blakelock. PC Dick Coombes, badly injured during the attack, went back
1985 Handsworth riots 1985 Handsworth riots The second Handsworth riots took place in the Handsworth district of Birmingham, West Midlands, from 9 to 11 September 1985. The riots were reportedly sparked by the arrest of a man near the Acapulco Cafe, Lozells and a police raid on the "Villa Cross" public house in the same area. Hundreds of people attacked police and property, looting and smashing, even setting off fire bombs. Two brothers (Kassamali Moledina, 38, and his 44-year-old brother Amirali) were burnt to death in the post office that they ran. Two other people were unaccounted for, 35 others injured, more than