Riots continue in London

For a second night running some areas of London have seen sporadic零星 rioting, burnt-out cars; smashed被砸的, 喝酒醉的 windows a

nd looters掠奪者 on what would otherwise be normal shopping streets.

Over a hundred people were arrested on Sunday evening and three police officers are in hospital. Most attention is still focused on Tottenham where the worst rioting took place on Saturday night.

The trouble in this part of north London started after a young black man was shot dead by police last week. There's now an Independent Police Complaints投訴 Commission inquiry查詢 into that incident. But Tottenham is also one of the poorest areas of London with a history of racial tension種族緊張. Today some members of the black community are pointing to other factors - including the worry that there aren't enough opportunities for the young.

But others feel there can be no attempts嘗試 to explain away去解釋 what happened. Kit Malthouse is London's Deputy代表 Mayor with responsibility for policing:

"We have to be careful in the media and in politics not to create this atmosphere of excuse for what has happened. This is awful, disgusting討厭的 criminality and it needs to be driven out被趕出 by communities, by the police. Those perpetrators肇事者 need to be brought to justice and they will be over the weeks to come."

It is, of course, just a year to go before the Olympics come to London. As the countdown倒數計時 begins all eyes are on the capital. But incidents like this couldn't be more different from the images of a confident信心, harmonious和諧 city in the promotional videos宣傳片.

Naomi Grimley, BBC News

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