Teenager dies after fireworks 'hurled' down street - as violence mars Bonfire Night in parts of UK

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Police across the UK reported violence and anti-social behaviour linked to Bonfire Night, with riot officers called in to deal with disorder in Leeds.

In West Yorkshire, riot officers were called in to deal with disorder in Leeds when fireworks were thrown towards police in the city's Hyde Park area.

Elsewhere, four youths were arrested after police and fire service vehicles were attacked in the Bradford Moor area in the run up to Bonfire Night.In Liverpool, two men were shot in an"horrendous incident" close to a Bonfire Night party.The victims suffered serious leg injuries and a suspect, dressed all in black, reportedly ran from the scene in Netherton at about 11.20pm on Saturday, Merseyside Police said.

In Greater Manchester, firefighters said they attended more than 200 incidents on"another busy Bonfire Night".Fireworks were also aimed at crews responding to an incident in Crumpsall Park, Manchester, and a firework was reportedly put through the letterbox of a home in Salford.and motorbikes raced through part of the city amid Bonfire Night chaos on Saturday.

Footage shared online showed a motorbike gang racing in the streets with fireworks being set off along the ground, seemingly aimed at people and vehicles. Edinburgh's council leader Cammy Day criticised the scenes, saying what happened was"disgraceful and disgusting".

 

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This the biker gang in Scotland?

Is bonfire night the same as Guy Fawkes night? Then call it Guy Fawkes night.

All these feral criminals should have the same treatment dealt out to them. What a society. Tories and Brexit has enabled the scum class to crawl out of the sewers and become emboldened. They should be banished to some desert island and left there.

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Honestly time to ban them or put far more restrictions on them. People being idiots with them and animals always getting scared.

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