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Serious Disorder Breaks Out in Salford After Teen’s Funeral

Police are maintaining a dispersal order on Lower Broughton Road after a gathering of youths turned violent with vehicles set ablaze

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Overview

  • An estimated 50 to 60 people used cars and wheelie bins to block Lower Broughton Road, with one vehicle torched and others damaged during the unrest
  • Greater Manchester Police deployed riot officers, a helicopter unit and laid on extra patrols, issuing a dispersal order that runs until 2 pm on June 12
  • A 16-year-old girl was charged with assaulting a police officer and a 16-year-old boy alongside four men aged between 18 and the 30s were arrested on suspicion of theft, public order offences, drug possession and carrying a bladed article
  • Local residents had warned of weeks of intimidation by groups of hooded youths throwing bricks and fireworks at motorists and daubing nearby flats with graffiti
  • Councillor John Merry and GMP confirmed the disorder was sparked by the funeral of 16-year-old Kailem Robinson, who died in a motorcycle crash on May 22