'UK attackers included children'
A Malaysian student has recounted how even children took part in an
assault on him in London's riots, a scene captured in online footage
that has sparked an outpouring of revulsion.
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Boarded up shops in Manchester City Centre on August 10
following a fourth night of violence in Britain. Britain’s
worst riots in decades raged into Wednesday as youths ran
amok in Manchester. AFP |
In an episode viewed countless times on the Internet, Asyraf Haziq
Rosli, 20, sat dazed on an east London street with a broken jaw after
being attacked by a mob, only to then be mugged by a group of people
pretending to help him.
Monday's assault has gained global attention as an example of the
callousness and chaos of several days of rioting, and has sparked online
campaigns seeking donations for the young Malaysian.
Asyraf said his ordeal began when he was set upon by a mob while
riding his bicycle.
"There were also young children, schoolchildren in the group. They
wore hoodies and kept pulling at me," he said in a video shot by a
friend Tuesday from his London hospital bed and posted online.
"They were trying to get at the phone in the pocket of my sweater.
"So they pulled my bike, and when they did this I hit the ground and
injured my jaw.
There was blood," he said speaking in Malay Bahasa, his face badly
swollen.
"The people fled the scene. Other people then approached me and said
they wanted to help, but instead the people behind me just took stuff
from my backpack." AFP
Riots were not about politics or protest : British PM
The riots which tore through London and other major. English cities
for four days had nothing to do with politics or protest but were
motivated by theft, British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday.
The rioting was "not about politics or protest, it is about theft",
Cameron told parliament. AFP
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