英國騷亂蔓延

英國倫敦星期三基本平靜，但過去幾個晚上吞沒英國首都的騷亂已蔓延到曼徹斯特和伯明翰等幾個城市。伯明翰警方說，3名男子在騷亂中被一輛卡車軋死。這3名男子當時正試圖保護他們的社區免受搶劫者的襲擊。警方拘留了一名嫌疑人，並在調查謀殺案。目擊者說，數百名狂熱的青年人在英國第三大城市曼徹斯特砸窗戶、搶商店，並縱火焚燒建築物。警方在最近的騷亂中逮捕了47人。

倫敦的景象要平靜得多，當地街道上部署了1萬6千名警察。許多店主提早關門，上下班的人羣在天黑前就蜂擁離開城市。警察上個星期在經濟低迷的托特納姆街區開槍打死一個29歲、有4名子女的男子後，暴力事件爆發。一些報導說，這名男子在警察攔住他的出租車時用一支手槍向警察射擊。但警方的調查報告星期二指出，現場發現一支沒有開過火的手槍。警察爲何開槍目前仍不清楚。London was largely calm Wednesday but the rioting that engulfed the British capital for the past few nights has spread to other cities, including Manchester and ingham police say three men died when they were struck by a car during three men were trying to protect their community from looters. Police have a suspect in custody and a murder investigation is esses say hundreds of rampaging youths smashed windows, looted stores, and burned buildings in Britain's third largest city Manchester. Police made 47 arrests related to the latest unrest.

The scene was much calmer in London where 16,000 police filled the streets. Many storekeepers closed early, and commuters flooded out of the city long before nightfall. The violence broke out last week after police shot and killed a 29 year-old father of four in the economically-depressed Tottenham neighborhood. Some reports say the man shot a handgun at police when they stopped his taxicab. But a police investigative report Tuesday says a handgun found at the scene had not been fired. The reason why police shot the victim is still unclear.