By PAUL ARHEWE
Wrecked: Two police cars used as a road block were set alight during the troubles Since 26-year-old vegetable seller, Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia sets himself ablaze after undergoing frustrated attempts at reporting extortions from government officials, the Arab world has never remained the same, but the last of protests and riots is yet to come following the recent upheavals in the United Kingdom. Like wildfires, revolution against insensitive government’s policies has becomes the in thing.
Tunisian government was the first to be sent packing, followed by Hosni Mubarak’s government in Egypt. The Libyan war has stretched and lingered on for over five months now with protesters and rebels calling for Muammar Gaddafi to leave his over 40-year throne , and Syria and Yemen are still at the edge of caving in. The ongoing riots in UK’s capital city, London that started in Tottenham, has spread to other cities and has claimed its first victim on Tuesday with many properties burnt down. The riots, which began last Saturday over the death of Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old father of four shot by police, have resulted in the arrest of over 500 people in the initial three days of the insurrections. Prime Minister David Cameron had to recall parliamentary members from their recess and deployed 16,000 police officers on the streets of UK to curtail the spreading riots. Police report says Duggan was shot dead as the force unit in charge of investigating gun crime in the black community stopped the cab he was riding in. Investigation conducted by the UK’s Independent Police Complaints Commission has shown that “non-police firearm” was recovered at the shooting scene. However, report by a UK newspaper reveals that a bullet in the police officer’s radio was one of those issued by the police force.
