Violent protesters have clashed with riot police outside a controversial branch of Tesco for the second time in a week. A ‘good natured’ demonstration developed into angry scenes as bottles and stones were thrown in the early hours of yesterday morning.
As many as 400 rioters were armed with bricks and concrete blocks, creating a ‘war zone’. Officers used baton charges and horses in the four-hour siege as riot vans were attacked, fires were lit and a number of officers were injured.
It was exactly a week after the same Tesco store in central Bristol was stormed following a police raid at a nearby squat.
After daybreak yesterday police raided the squat again and eventually evicted the occupants including three men who had got onto the roof. During the four-hour stand-off breeze blocks and tiles were thrown from the roof.
The Tesco Express in the Stokes Croft area became the 18th branch of the supermarket in the city when it opened two weeks ago in the face of local opposition.
It has been closed since last week’s riot, but on Thursday evening demonstrators gathered again, playing music and dancing in the street. Read More
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