Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Two Teens Arrested After Suspicious "Riot Incitement"

Two Kent teenagers have been arrested after Kent Police suspected them of using social networking sites to start a riot, mirroring the riots in London that have been ocurring since the beginning of the week.

The arrests were made in Folkestone, where the two suspects, a man and a woman, are being kept in custody and questioned.

The two 18 year olds are not the only people to have been arrested in Kent after the fallout of the riots in the nation's capital, as eleven people were arrested in Medway for causing disturbances.

Cars were damaged and set alight in the towns of Gillingham and Chatham despite a much larger police presence on the streets of Kent's town centres.

Kent Police's Deputy Chief Constable Alan Pughsley told the BBC: "Whilst Kent Police is not expecting further violence, we are actively looking at all forms of intelligence and monitoring the transport and rail network."

The unrest that originally happened in Tottenham in north London has now spread nationwide and police forces all over England will be expecting a busy night.

BBC News Kent - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14465585
Kent Police - http://www.kent.police.uk/

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