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作者: vandas 時間: 2012-7-29 05:13 AM 標題: 倫敦騷亂1周年臨近

One year on incredible unseen photographs of the night London burned during the August riots emerge as a shocking reminder to that terrible night) T- Z% o2 G% a- ~# n: [
By Emma Clark

Nearly a year after riots swept across the UK, a series of never-seen-before images have been released from the epicentre of the chaos.公仔箱論壇! U b7 d* Q) f% W2 G! o! ^
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The photographs capture the lawlessness which spread throughout the capital in August, in hotopts including Tottenham, Enfield, Croydon and Hackney which look more like war zones, ravaged by looters and rioters who broke in to businesses, set fire to buildings and threw missiles at police.

The images also highlight the effort of brave police and firefighters who risked their lives to tackle burning buildings and attend to injured rioters, as well as enduring dangerous missiles being thrown at close range. 5.39.217.767 ~% Q, |' }; K; k# V; X$ Q( s

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A rioter refuses to back down from police during the first night of the summer riots, in Tottenham, London, which turned the capital into 'war zone'# a* d. E/ r- a4 I% b& A" i) i
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A man looks out of his window above Tottenham High Street where flames engulf the building next door. In the background his television shows a police broadcast about the riot
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Doctors and a police medic risk tend to an injured person who has been arrested during the first night of the riots, in Tottenham, London. Groups of police and firefighters in the background attempt to keep the area safetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 w- ^. @2 b# x
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Press Association photographer Lewis Whyld, who captured the infamous moment a Tottenham carpet shop was consumed by flames, found the unpublished photos while looking back through his work, a year on.公仔箱論壇2 Y* R" W2 Y% k% C( x& l

Mr Whyld said: ‘Going back through them is interesting because you see things in a different way a year later.
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‘At the time it was just about getting the news pictures out, getting them out quickly, telling the story and trying to predict where the next riot would be.5.39.217.76: p1 m) Y7 v9 j3 h# k
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‘As time goes on you go through things with a different eye and look for more subtle things. 5.39.217.763 ^% ~, Y! N* \

‘At the time there was very limited time to look through the pictures, sometimes you were editing them round the corner from where the riots were happening, where you could get your laptop stolen. 公仔箱論壇2 e. w! ^& G3 s) Q2 D' c* w: X

Two firefighters stand small against the huge fire ball which engulfed a carpet shop following an arson attack on the first night of the riots* g; T. L) {7 N+ |/ p6 w

Riot police standing dangerously close to the flames talk desperately on their radio as the carpet shop burns to the ground around them5.39.217.764 n [. M' h* i9 }7 w
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Even in the shadow of the flames and in front of police a rioter in the background grabs at a burning object, as the huge blaze destroys the Carpet Right store on the first night of the riots. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。4 f6 j/ u8 b( R

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Firefighters are protected by riot police as the try in vain to tackle the burning building. Many stunned onlookers described the frightening scenes as 'like the Blitz'

Marching riot police are forced to dodge burning cars as they attempt to regain control of the streets of London5 t& B) p+ Y- f7 S2 ^; W7 a

‘Or you send them very quickly and you go to bed and get up and go straight back to work.’

One picture shows a man who lived next door to the carpet shop, looking out of his window with news coverage of the riots on the television in the background, watching flames consuming the building.
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‘He is obviously wondering “am I safer out there or in here?”The flames were lapping up against the building,’ Mr Whyld said. 8 k8 ^' l9 W, K' l! {$ T

Another shot shows police officers grabbing what time they could to do paperwork, sitting in a line on a wall. 5.39.217.76* K }& L O8 U$ W% E! d

Since the riots, the Government has pledged to reduce bureaucracy to get more police out on the streets. 公仔箱論壇1 [5 U3 g' q- [! x

Other previously unreleased shots show rioters with their faces covered, throwing missiles at the police, as well as firefighters tackling huge blazes.

Vicious youths covering their faces throw objects at police during the first night of the summer riots, in Tottenham, London

Thugs who have used supermarket trollies to create a barrier between them and riot police aggressively launch objects at themtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ x8 y3 [2 N( g8 Z3 p# g5 D' I

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Youths hold what appears to be rocks and stones to throw at police who desperately try to control the escalating situation
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A violent rioter throws a heavy object directly at police who shield themselves with riot equipment, standing just metres away
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Another shows a looter with his head and shoulders through the front window of a ransacked shop.
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Mr Whyld said: ‘At first it was a protest and then the story changed to looting, that became one of the biggest aspects of it.
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‘It was a protest that got out of hand, and then turned into something very different.

‘Even that first night there was looting, people were taking advantage of it, but obviously as the days progressed more and more people got involved and it had nothing to do with the original protest whatsoever.’
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At times journalists found themselves in danger as rioters turned on them.
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‘I saw a lot of photographers get their cameras stolen and getting beaten up and needing hospital treatment. There was a lot of that going on,’ he said. 公仔箱論壇( j0 U: M6 M9 m  m7 F0 }; ^2 t
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‘It was just a case of trying to avoid it as much as possible.

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Riot police are forced to snatch a few minutes to sit on a wall and fill out paperwork after the first night of the summer riots in Tottenham, Londontvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! T `7 L7 q* U, \) z, x

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A looter covering their face with a hoody climbs in through the window of a newsagent in Hackney, London, which is already being raided
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The streets of London look more akin to a war zone as police on horseback walk through the capital in the midst of smoke and damaged buildings

‘Some of the pictures that I took at the very beginning were from my mobile phone, so that I wouldn't get into a situation that I couldn't control.’
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The original unrest began in Tottenham, two days after the shooting of Mark Duggan on August 4. - w' E3 q0 u* t Z
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What began as a peaceful protest against his killing spiralled into arson, looting and rioting.
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The following night the unrest spread to other parts of the capital, and in the following days across the UK to cities including Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol and Manchester. 公仔箱論壇9 J3 N% Z: u; m- A% W

In London thousands of extra police officers were drafted in from 30 forces to flood the streets.
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This tactic worked and eventually tensions in the capital cooled.

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