While the home secretary condemns the “shocking” violence, investigators pledge to track down those accountable.
Officers have this morning been spotted at the aftermath of the chaos, with cars still smouldering in the streets, while a police cordon is in force.
Terrified residents were forced to take to the streets to defend their homes after a furious mob drove riot police out after setting the city ablaze.
The pandemonium erupted in Harehills, east Leeds early yesterday evening following an outbreak of ‘serious disorder’ that saw bonfires lit across the city, a police car overturned and a double decker bus torched, reducing it to a charred and twisted wreck.
