2024 Harehills riot
| 2024 Harehills riot | |||
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Harehills Lane, where the height of the riot took place, pictured in August 2022 | |||
| Date | 18 July 2024 | ||
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| Caused by | Dispute over four children being taken into care by social services Anti-police sentiment | ||
| Methods | Rioting, arson, assault | ||
| Resulted in | Children were returned to the family | ||
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On 18 July 2024, a riot took place in the Harehills area of Leeds, Yorkshire, England. The incident was triggered by a dispute over four children of a Romani family being taken into care by social services and police.
The situation escalated as residents, angry and filming the police, gathered, forcing the police to retreat. The unrest involved violent confrontations between local residents and police officers, resulting in the overturning of a police car, the torching of a double-decker bus, a bonfire of debris blocking a main road and widespread disorder in the streets.
By March 2025, eight people had received prison sentences for the riots, including four men for the arson of the bus.