Russia Today
| May 24, 2013
Cars and buildings burned as youths rioted in Stockholm for a fifth night, though authorities say the unrest is becoming less intense. The rioting in immigrant-dominated neighborhoods has prompted soul-searching in Sweden about integration policies.
Russia Today
| May 23, 2013
Smashed windows and cars on fire -- one of Europe's most peaceful capitals, Stockholm, is witnessing its worst outbreak of violence in years. Hundreds of youths, mostly immigrants, have ripped through the city's suburbs in four nights of unrest. T...
Associated Press
| May 22, 2013
Pitched battles broke out between thousands of students and cops in the streets of Valparaiso, Chile, during a protest over ... education. Students demanding wider access to education launched demonstrations as President Sebastian Pinera's deliver...
Euronews
| May 22, 2013
Young rioters set fire to cars and buildings and clashed with cops for the third night running in the suburbs of Stockholm. The violence follows the shooting death of an elderly man by police in the largely immigrant suburb of Husby. He had report...
LinkAsia
| Mar 29, 2013
Last week in Burma, an argument between a Muslim merchant and his Buddhist customers spun out of control, sparking a deadly riot. The two groups are often at odds, and some Buddhist monks want to the Muslim population expelled completely. LinkAsia...
NTDTV
| Mar 23, 2013
Firefighters battled blazes after fierce fighting broke out in central Myanmar. Several neighborhoods were still smoldering after unrest between Buddhists and Muslims in the area erupted into violence. The clashes have stoked fears that last year'...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 22, 2013
A dispute over an ordinary transaction has exploded into days of rioting between Muslim and Buddhists in the central Burma city of Meiktila that have left at least 20 dead and forced many more to flee. The violence, far from the site of similar cl...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 28, 2013
At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in the deadliest riots to shake Bangladesh since its war for independence from Pakistan in 1971. Clashes erupted across the country after the leader of a leading Islamist party was sent...
Truthloader
| Nov 21, 2012
Tensions between ethnic Somalis and other Kenyans have risen sharply in recent days. After a grenade attack on a Nairobi bus killed nine people, mobs attacked the city's "Little Mogadishu" district and looted homes and businesses. Violence has als...
ITN News
| Sep 22, 2012
A Facebook party turned into riots as over 3,000 people descended on Haren, in northern Holland, after a girl accidentally made her party event public and the invitation went viral.
— Aug 8, 2011 at 11:03 pm
...and 83 buildings were damaged or looted. Another riot broke out in 1985 after police shot a black woman as they searched her home for her son, w...
— Dec 19, 2011 at 11:43 am
...2011 Last updated at 06:43 ET Keith Vaz MP said Salford people were worried about the police response to the riots Greater Manchester Police's c...
— Sep 25, 2012 at 10:45 pm
...good; Occupy bad. The first question requires a more complicated answer: Bloomberg, like most big-city mayors, does not really control his polic...
A riot is a form of civil disorder characterized often by what is thought of as disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence against authority, property or people. While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots are thought to be typically chaotic and exhibit herd behavior, and usually generated by civil unrest. However, there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that riots are not irrational, herd-like behavior, but follow inverted social norms.
Riots often occur in reaction to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. Historically, riots have occurred due to poor working or living conditions, governmental oppression, taxation or conscription, conflicts between ethnic groups, food supply or religions, the outcome of a sporting event or frustration with legal channels through which to air grievances.
Riots typically involve vandalism and the destruction of private and public property. The specific property to be targeted varies depending on the riot and the inclinations of those involved. Targets can include shops, cars, restaurants, state-owned institutions, and religious buildings.
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