21h 27min, aug 1, 2024 y - 2024 Riots: Sunderland

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Police officers faced "serious and sustained levels of violence" after hundreds of people rioted in Sunderland on Friday night.

Northumbria Police said three of its officers were injured during the unrest and needed hospital treatment.

Eight people have been arrested after a police building was ransacked and a Citizens Advice premises next door to it was set alight.

Beer cans and bricks were thrown at riot police outside a mosque and cars were set on fire during the disorder.

It is the latest episode of unrest to break out in towns and cities across England following the killing of three young girls in Southport on Monday.

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