1349 –
Strasbourg massacre, over 2000
Jews killed after widespread rioting caused by claims that they were behind the spread of the
Black Death Epidemic. Most of the victims were burned to death.
1947 –
Partition riots,
India and modern-day
Pakistan and
Bangladesh, the hardest hit region was the densely populated state of
Punjab (today divided between India and Pakistan), death toll estimates between 500,000 and 2,000,000, the deadliest riots known to humankind.[43][44]
1959 –
Tibetan riots against Chinese government, in Lhasa, Tibet Area, China, between March 10 to 21, this is the deadliest riot to take place in a single month and also the second deadliest riot to take place in a single year (after the 1947 Indian partition riots), a confirmed death toll of around 87,000 people.[44][46]
1968 –
1968 Mauritian riots Pre-Independence Mauritius racial riots January 1968 started at Plaine Verte, Port Louis; Creoles versus Hindus and Muslims
1988 –
8888 Uprising in Myanmar. Nationwide riots against
military dictatorship in the country to restore democracy, as many as 10,000 protesters killed when the
Myanmar Army brutally suppressed the movement.
1990 –
Hyderabad Riots – Over 150 people killed. Communal riots occurred due to the killing of Sardar and Majid Khan.[62]
1990 –
1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh against military dictator
Lt. Gen. Ershad, who is forced to resign on December 6, and restore democracy in the country. December 6 has since been celebrated as democracy victory day in Bangladesh.
1992 –
Bombay riots and other inter-communal riots – Riots in the Indian city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) after the
demolition of
Babri Mosque in
Ayodhya. 6 December 1992 – 26 January 1993.
1999 –
1999 Mauritian riots, February 21–25 started in Roche Bois. Spread throughout Mauritius after death in custody of singer Topize "Kaya". Linked to cannabis legalisation.
1999 –
L'Amicale and Anjalay riots May 23, 1999 Port Louis, Mauritius. Muslim protesters murdered family of Chinese owners of gambling den.
2006 – The October
2006 Mangalore riots were a set of riots in Mangalore, India triggered after Hindu extremist group Bajrang Dal attacked a Van which was transporting cows. Government imposed a curfew for a week. Two people were killed and up to 50 people were injured.
2008 – Kanmen riot in the coastal province of
Zhejiang.[130] According to the Ministry of Public Security, there were 87,000 riots and protests reported in 2005 and this number increases every year.[131]
2008 –
2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka: Riot erupted after Hindu extremist groups Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena attacked and damaged churches in Mangalore and injured people including nuns.
2009 –
Anti-government Riots, (
Bangkok,
Thailand). Protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva. hundreds of protesters injured. Thai Army were deployed on the streets of
Bangkok and the State of Emergency was declared.
2009 – Riots in Pakistan's central
Punjab, 8 dead.[136]
2009 – Riots in
Birmingham, United Kingdom, when far-right activists clash with anti-racism protesters and local members of the Muslim and Afro-Caribbean community on August 8, 2009.[137]
2010 –
Riots in
Northern Ireland. Police estimate that million in damages were caused, and over 80 police officers injured by nationalist rioters.[169]
2010 –
Student riots in London, 14 injured, 35 arrested,
Conservative head office damaged by protestors.[195]Goldsmiths College's UCU (lecturers union) issue statement in support of all demonstrators: "The real violence in this situation relates not to a smashed window but to the destructive impact of the cuts."[196][197]
2010 – More student riots in London. Twelve police officers were injured with six requiring hospital treatment. 43 protesters injured, and 26 arrests made. Several buildings were attacked, including the Treasury, the Supreme Court and
Topshop. The
Prince of Wales and the
Duchess of Cornwall car came under attack, smashing the window of the car and covered in paint.[203]
2013 – Riots in
Trappes, France. After a
police patrol
stopped a woman for wearing an Islamic face-covering veil (
niqab), her husband tried to strangle a police officer and he was arrested. His arrest was followed by three days of rioting by about 200 participants. In the aftermath, three people were convicted to jail sentences from six to ten months.[406][407]
2014
2014 –
Euromaidan in Ukraine, from November 21, 2013 – February 23, 2014. Protests and riots in
Kyiv,
Ukraine (106 dead, 1,880 injured, around 1,340 hospitalized, 320 arrested for mass rioting and 125+ police officers injured).[408][409]
2014 –
2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a series of demonstrations and riots that began in the northern town of Tuzla on February 4, 2014, but quickly spread to multiple cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Sarajevo, Zenica, Mostar.[412]
2014 – Riots in
Tampa, Florida After
Cigar City Brewing Company prematurely ran out of beer at their annual release of their highly acclaimed Hunahpu's Imperial Stout, angry attendees began a small riot. Police were called to the scene and dispersed the angry crowd. The riot prompted the brewery's owners to cancel the event in the future. There were no deaths, but some injuries were reported.[414]
2015 – April 11:
2015 South African xenophobic riots breakout first in Durban then spreading to Johannesburg, South Africa targeting foreign immigrants, 7 dead.
2015 – September 25: 100 Syrians and Afghans were fighting in a refugee station located in Leipzig, Germany during the Islamic
Eid al-Adha festivities. 40 police vehicles were sent to calm the situation.[418]
2016 – February 27: Riots after the shooting of Abdi Mohamed in
Salt Lake City,
Utah, U.S.
2016 – March 13: Riot in
Melbourne,
Australia central business district: largely gang-related gunshots were reported in the night.[419]
2016 – May–June: A series of violent riots
Melbourne,
Australia between pro and anti-Islam protesters results in numerous acts of vandalism, injuries and arrests.[420][421]
2016 – June 2: San Jose, California, Trump rally turns violent when protesters attacked supporters and one Police Officer was assaulted[422]
2017 – January 1–2:
Riots in
Ełk,
Poland after the murder of 21-year-old Polish man by a Tunisian cook.[424]
2017 – January 20: Sporadic rioting by anarchists in Washington D.C. during the
Inauguration of Donald Trump, leading to 234 arrests for rioting, and 6 officers needing medical attention.
2017 – February 27 – March 2:
Dhaka,
Bangladesh Transport Workers Riots.[425] Transport workers paralyze the city in protest against a court verdict of a fellow worker, clashing with police, causing arson attack, torching of vehicles and other violence. Most violence were reported at the Gabtoli Intersection. One worker was killed after police forced to open fire.
2017 – November 19: 50 people were fighting outside a discothèque in Cologne, Germany. 18 police vehicles came to stop the fighting. Several people were lightly wounded among whom were a police officer and one person was seriously wounded.[426]
2017 – November 29 – December 10:
Tegucigalpa,
Honduras After a close election between
Salvador Nasralla and
Juan Orlando Hernandez the electoral body in Honduras still had no results days after the election, so protests against the government occurred, because the government was having reelection even though it is unconstitutional, at the beginning the opposition candidate
Salvador Nasralla was winning by 5% but the system fell and 3 days after the reelecting president
Juan Orlando Hernandez started to win, this led to protests all over the country which were repressed by the police that up to today are still occurring, until now there has been 34 deaths, between the riots the government declared curfew between 6 PM and 6 AM.
2018 – May 1: Riots broke out in Paris, France when
black bloc rioters damaged local businesses, a
Genki Sushi restaurant and set fire to cars and a bulldozer.[430]
2018 – October 23: Garments Workers Riots in
Narayanganj,
Bangladesh. 5 hour clash between agitated rioting garments workers and the police force, 35 injured, 9 vehicles vandalized including a
lorry set on fire.[434]
2018 – November 26–27: A two-day riot broke out at USJ25,
Subang Jaya,
Malaysia, between two groups involving more than 10,000 people mostly Indian regarding the relocation of
Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple. Malay people were also involved by doing an ambush and a demonstration causing racial misunderstanding. A team of 700 policemen including the
Federal Reserve Unit were deployed to Subang Jaya to control the situation. An evacuation of a hotel had been done. 106 people had been arrested. Some injuries were recorded. The developer premises had been vandalized by a group of rioters. Twenty-three vehicles had been set on fire, and a police MPV and a fire engine had been damaged by the rioters. A firefighter was heavily beaten by the rioters and was later warded in the
intensive care unit. The victim died on December 17, 2018.[435][436]
2018 – since November:
Yellow vests protests, France, sometimes developing into major riots
2019
2019 – January 1: Four asylum seekers attacked passers-by of whom 12 were injured near the train station in
Amberg, Germany. Members of the public fled into a shop and the shop assistant locked the door to stop the rioters from entering.[437]
2019 – January 14–17:
Zimbabwe fuel protests erupt into national riots after a dramatic increase the price of fuel by the government, at least 12 deaths and over 600 people arrested.
2019 – February 12: Riots in
Haiti, 4 killed.[438]
2019 – February 23: A large street brawl involving 50 individuals took place in
Upplands Väsby, Sweden Masked youth threw rocks at police and three were arrested for rioting (Swedish: våldsamt upplopp).[439]
2019 – April 15, riots broke out in
Nørrebro in Copenhagen, Denmark, after
Islam criticRasmus Paludan staged a demonstration in the district. 23 people were arrested for a range of offences, from refusal to obey commands issued by police, arson and violence against police. Emergency services responded to 70 fires connected to the disturbances in Nørrebro,
Nordvest,
Christianshavn og
Amager. About 200 people took part.[444]
2019 – June 2,
Deggendorf, Germany: asylum seekers attacked police at the refugee centre. Five police were wounded and six Nigerian nationals were arrested for disturbing the peace and causing bodily harm.[449]
2019 – June 13: Riots in
Memphis, in the US following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by the police.[452][453][454][455]
2019 – July 12: Paris and Marseille, France: after Algeria defeated Ivory Coast in the African football championships, riots broke out in Paris and Marseille. Supporters of the Algerian national team gathered on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris. The celebration in Paris turned into unrest where two shops were looted. Police used tear gas in Paris and Marseille to disperse the crowds.
2019 – August 23: Left-wing protests against the
45th G7 summit in the French town of Biarritz degenerated into riots when participants started throwing rocks at police. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons. The rioters yelled "everybody hates the police" and "anti anti anti capitalists".[457]
2019 – August 30–September 1: Riots in Glasgow, UK. Attack on Irish unity march by opposition and subsequent clash of both parties with the riot police.[460]
2019 – September 1–8:
Xenophobic riots in Johannesburg primarily targeting African immigrants, sparked by the death of a taxi driver. At least 12 dead and over 680 arrested.[461]
2019 – October 3–14:
Riots in Ecuador, mass protests with protesters throwing bricks, causing arson attacks and clashing with riot police, the riots were said to be caused by fuel price hike. A State Of Emergency was issued. 8 people were killed during the course of the riots.[467]
2019 – October 18–Present:
Mass protests with nationwide reach in
Chile caused by public transport fares increasing. A State of Emergency was issued.[468]
2019 – November 16–18: 8 killed, dozens injured in political riots in
Bolivia[470][471][472]
2019 – November 25: Brawl between hundreds of knife yielding youths turned into violent riots a movie theater in
Birmingham,
UK. Tasers were used to stop rioters, 4 rioters were arrested and 7 policemen were injured.[473]
2019 – December 20–26: Prison riots in
Honduras, 37 killed.[474]
2020 – February 3–5: Riots in
Lesbos,
Greece, violent clashes between
Afghan migrants and the
Greek Police. Overcrowded refugee camps have been blamed for triggering the riots.[477]
2020 – March 9: In the town of
Novi Sanzhary in
Ukraine, people started rioting due to the fear that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to kill the population.[482]
2020 – March 10: About 50 inmates escaped from
Italian prisons as the
coronavirus triggered riots and brought the country's criminal-justice system to a halt.[483]
2020 – March 11:
Ohio: Riot breaks out following a university's announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID-19.[484]
2020 – March 13: In
Italy, riots erupted in almost 50 prisons this month, leaving 13 inmates dead and 59 guards injured. Authorities said the inmates died of drug overdoses after raiding a prison infirmary.[485]
2020 – March 18: Riots rock overcrowded
Lebanon prisons over coronavirus fears.[486]
2020 – March 21: In
Israel, riots erupts after police limit entrance to Temple Mount.[487]
2020 – March 25: Prison riots break out across
Argentina sparked by anger over conditions and coronavirus fears.[491][492]
2020 – March 25: A migrant-detention facility in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas experienced a series of riots committed by hundreds of foreign nationals.[493]
2020 – March 26: Prisoners Riot in
Luxembourg Amid Restrictions on Visitors. Luxembourg's main prison erupted in violence overnight after about 25 inmates started rioting, forcing several police units to intervene.[494]
2020 – April 11: Prison riot in
Siberia,
Russia, prison set ablaze.[495]
2020 – May 24 – Ongoing:
Riots in Belarus broke out after
Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election, the results of which were criticized amid allegations of fraud.
2020 – May 26, 2020 – May 26, 2021:
Nationwide riots in the
United States, after
the police killing of an unarmed black man in
Minneapolis,
George Floyd, during arrest by a police officer placing his knee on the victim's neck. Protesters and the police clashed for several days, leaving at least 30 dead in or near riot or protest zones. Numerous incidents of property destruction and arson attacks took place during the rioting.[497][498][499][500][501][502]
2020 – June 7:
Black Lives Matter demonstration developed into a riot in Gothenburg. 36 people were charged with crimes included rioting, sabotage and assaulting police officers.[503]
2020 – June 20–21:
2020 Stuttgart riot, where hundreds of people fought police and looted shops in Stuttgart after police investigated a 17-year-old for narcotics,
Germany after police investigated an incident involving drugs. A dozen police were injured.[504]
2020 – July 7: The crowd was annoyed by President
Aleksandar Vucic's announcement to impose a weekend curfew to eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic that led to
riots in Serbia.
2020 – July 24: Riots in
Satbayev,
Kazakhstan, violent mob tried to lynch a man who was suspected of raping a 5-year-old girl resulted in homes and police cars being damaged, police injured and 4 arrests.[506]
2020 – August 29:
Riots in Malmö, Sweden: about 300 people rioted in the
Rosengård of Malmö. The unrest broke out at 1900 in the evening after activists from the Danish
Hard Line party had burned a
Quran during the afternoon and posted a film of their manifestation on social media. Swedish authorities had earlier denied Hard Line party leader
Rasmus Paludan a permit to hold a demonstration featuring the burning of the Quran and he was stopped at the border. The rioters set fire to property and attacked police officers and police vehicle with rocks while chanting antisemitic slogans.[512][513]
2020 – September 25:
DR Congo jail riots, mass rape of at least 25 women committed by rioting inmates who broke free from the jail, while around 20 people died of the initiated violence before the situation was brought under control.[514]
2020 – October 25: Riots in Nigeria, at least 12 people killed.[515]
January 13: On Wednesday 13 January a protest condemning the death of African 23-year-old Ibrahim B during a police arrest the preceding Saturday turned into rioting and a police station in the
Schaerbeek area of Brussels was set afire.[524][525][526] The motorcade of king
Philippe of Belgium was briefly caught in the incident.[527]
January 23–26:
2021 Dutch curfew riots. After the introduction of a
curfew in reaction to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, riots broke out in several cities and towns throughout the
Netherlands around the time (21:00) the curfew went into effect for multiple days in a row.[528] Large scale protests were organized under the name "Let's have a coffee together", but turned violent after police were ordered to clear the unlicensed demonstrations. Repair costs are estimated to have run into hundreds of thousands of euros.[529]
August 15–19: Riots in
Meghalaya, India. Violent clashes were reported in the region.[552]
August 21: Anti-COVID lockdown riots occur again throughout Australia, most prominently in Melbourne, but also in Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth; resulting in injuries to both rioters and police officers and many arrests.[553]
September 29–30: Two days of prison riots in
Ecuador, at least 116 prisoners killed, some reportedly beheaded.[554][555][556]
October 3–9:
Lakhimpur Kheri massacre and subsequent riotings in India. Riots begun after an Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State
Ajay Mishra Teni drove a truck over protesting Farmers killing eight (8) of them, resulting in violent clashes erupting in the region for seven days.The riots ended after Ashish Mishra was arrested on October 9 late evening.[557][558]
October 21–31: Ten day violent rioting in Pakistan, at least seven police officers and four demonstrators were killed and many injured on both sides during the rioting initiated by the outlawed far-right
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, that ended after the Pakistan government reached an agreement with them on October 31.[559]
November 19: Police fired tear gas to quell an anti-government protest against deteriorating economic conditions and rising cost of living in
Malawi. Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of the southern commercial hub of Blantyre, calling on President Lazarus Chakwera's administration to take immediate steps to rein in soaring prices and unemployment. The protesters set tires on fire and blocked roads to bring traffic to a halt in parts of the city, and also torched a police post in Blantyre's central business district.[560]
November 19–21:
Anti-lockdown riots in The Netherlands, most noticeably in
Rotterdam, which started off as protests against the new COVID-19 restrictions. Multiple rioters and police were injured including 4 rioters shot by police. 173 have been arrested[561][562]
November 24: During the
2021 Solomon Islands unrest, Police in
Solomon Islands have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of protesters, who allegedly burned down a building in the parliament precinct, a police station and a store in the nation's capital of Honiara, amid reports of looting. The protesters marched on the parliamentary precinct in the east of
Honiara, where they allegedly set fire to a leaf hut next to Parliament House. The protesters were demanding the prime minister,
Manasseh Sogavare step down. Many of the protesters come from
Malaita province, the most populous province in the country whose provincial government has had tense relations with the central government for years. The tensions between the provincial and national government intensified in 2019 when Sogavare announced that
Solomon Islands would switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China, to the chagrin of Malaita premier Daniel Suidani.[563]
December 25–29: Riots in
Kerala, India, clashes between migrant workers started during Christmas evening, who also attacked the police and set police van on fire around 160 migrant workers connected to the violence arrested. The mass arrest drive ended on the early morning of December 28, while police patrolling continued till December 29 and the situation was finally brought under control.[564][565]
2022
January 2–11:
2022 Kazakh unrest which include rioting and other acts of vandalism and numerous deaths.[566]
August 27–28: Violent clashes in
Tripoli, lead to at least 32 deaths.[572]
September 16: Anti-monarchy protests against King
Charles III of
UK turned into violent rioting forcing police to crackdown on the protesters and calming the situation.[573][574][575]
November 27–29: Three day rioting in Belgium, following their 2-0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat to Morocco. On November 29 the situation calmed after the mayor of
Brussels increased police presence.[585]
December 6–7: Minor rioting across Spain, following Spain's 3–0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat on penalties to Morocco.
December 11–12: Violent clashes between the
Taliban and Pakistan forces lead to 8 deaths.[586]
December 13–14: The killing of a teenager by the police in Greece triggers massive rioting in
Athens on December 13. After a massive arrest drive by the police on December 14 the situation was brought under control.[587]
December 14–15: Riots in French cities such as
Montpellier and
Paris after Morocco's 2–0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat to France. There were also clashes between French and Moroccan fans which resulted in the death of a 14-year-old boy.[588]
June 27-July 15:
Nahel M. riots in France, after the death of a 17-year-old boy by a police officer.[598]
July 31-August 8:
2023 Haryana riots in India, after an organized Muslim mob attacked a Hindu religious procession for allegedly including
cow vigilante Monu Manesar. However the attendance of Monu Manesar in the procession was later proven to be a false rumor to initiate the violence.[599][600][601]
August 8–9: 5 people killed in rioting in
Cape Town, South Africa.[602][603]
August 9: Riots in Greece by
Croatian football fans and their subsequent arrest.[604]
August 21–23: Riots in
Derbyshire, UK surrounding a
Kabaddi event. Knife attacks and gun shots were reported. 3 injured, 4 arrested.[605]
November 6-7: Two day riots in
Los Angeles, US; after altercation while two sides rallied over conflicting opinion regarding the
2023 Israel–Hamas war, 1 dead.[606]
November 23-24:
Riots in
Dublin, Ireland in the evening following a stabbing incident outside of a school in Dublin. 34 arrested.[607][608]
December 9: Violent rioting between gang members and villagers in
Central Mexico, at least 14 dead.[609]
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1349 –
Strasbourg massacre, over 2000
Jews killed after widespread rioting caused by claims that they were behind the spread of the
Black Death Epidemic. Most of the victims were burned to death.
1947 –
Partition riots,
India and modern-day
Pakistan and
Bangladesh, the hardest hit region was the densely populated state of
Punjab (today divided between India and Pakistan), death toll estimates between 500,000 and 2,000,000, the deadliest riots known to humankind.[43][44]
1959 –
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1968 –
1968 Mauritian riots Pre-Independence Mauritius racial riots January 1968 started at Plaine Verte, Port Louis; Creoles versus Hindus and Muslims
1988 –
8888 Uprising in Myanmar. Nationwide riots against
military dictatorship in the country to restore democracy, as many as 10,000 protesters killed when the
Myanmar Army brutally suppressed the movement.
1990 –
Hyderabad Riots – Over 150 people killed. Communal riots occurred due to the killing of Sardar and Majid Khan.[62]
1990 –
1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh against military dictator
Lt. Gen. Ershad, who is forced to resign on December 6, and restore democracy in the country. December 6 has since been celebrated as democracy victory day in Bangladesh.
1992 –
Bombay riots and other inter-communal riots – Riots in the Indian city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) after the
demolition of
Babri Mosque in
Ayodhya. 6 December 1992 – 26 January 1993.
1999 –
1999 Mauritian riots, February 21–25 started in Roche Bois. Spread throughout Mauritius after death in custody of singer Topize "Kaya". Linked to cannabis legalisation.
1999 –
L'Amicale and Anjalay riots May 23, 1999 Port Louis, Mauritius. Muslim protesters murdered family of Chinese owners of gambling den.
2006 – The October
2006 Mangalore riots were a set of riots in Mangalore, India triggered after Hindu extremist group Bajrang Dal attacked a Van which was transporting cows. Government imposed a curfew for a week. Two people were killed and up to 50 people were injured.
2008 – Kanmen riot in the coastal province of
Zhejiang.[130] According to the Ministry of Public Security, there were 87,000 riots and protests reported in 2005 and this number increases every year.[131]
2008 –
2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka: Riot erupted after Hindu extremist groups Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena attacked and damaged churches in Mangalore and injured people including nuns.
2009 –
Anti-government Riots, (
Bangkok,
Thailand). Protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva. hundreds of protesters injured. Thai Army were deployed on the streets of
Bangkok and the State of Emergency was declared.
2009 – Riots in Pakistan's central
Punjab, 8 dead.[136]
2009 – Riots in
Birmingham, United Kingdom, when far-right activists clash with anti-racism protesters and local members of the Muslim and Afro-Caribbean community on August 8, 2009.[137]
2010 –
Riots in
Northern Ireland. Police estimate that million in damages were caused, and over 80 police officers injured by nationalist rioters.[169]
2010 –
Student riots in London, 14 injured, 35 arrested,
Conservative head office damaged by protestors.[195]Goldsmiths College's UCU (lecturers union) issue statement in support of all demonstrators: "The real violence in this situation relates not to a smashed window but to the destructive impact of the cuts."[196][197]
2010 – More student riots in London. Twelve police officers were injured with six requiring hospital treatment. 43 protesters injured, and 26 arrests made. Several buildings were attacked, including the Treasury, the Supreme Court and
Topshop. The
Prince of Wales and the
Duchess of Cornwall car came under attack, smashing the window of the car and covered in paint.[203]
2013 – Riots in
Trappes, France. After a
police patrol
stopped a woman for wearing an Islamic face-covering veil (
niqab), her husband tried to strangle a police officer and he was arrested. His arrest was followed by three days of rioting by about 200 participants. In the aftermath, three people were convicted to jail sentences from six to ten months.[406][407]
2014
2014 –
Euromaidan in Ukraine, from November 21, 2013 – February 23, 2014. Protests and riots in
Kyiv,
Ukraine (106 dead, 1,880 injured, around 1,340 hospitalized, 320 arrested for mass rioting and 125+ police officers injured).[408][409]
2014 –
2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a series of demonstrations and riots that began in the northern town of Tuzla on February 4, 2014, but quickly spread to multiple cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Sarajevo, Zenica, Mostar.[412]
2014 – Riots in
Tampa, Florida After
Cigar City Brewing Company prematurely ran out of beer at their annual release of their highly acclaimed Hunahpu's Imperial Stout, angry attendees began a small riot. Police were called to the scene and dispersed the angry crowd. The riot prompted the brewery's owners to cancel the event in the future. There were no deaths, but some injuries were reported.[414]
2015 – April 11:
2015 South African xenophobic riots breakout first in Durban then spreading to Johannesburg, South Africa targeting foreign immigrants, 7 dead.
2015 – September 25: 100 Syrians and Afghans were fighting in a refugee station located in Leipzig, Germany during the Islamic
Eid al-Adha festivities. 40 police vehicles were sent to calm the situation.[418]
2016 – February 27: Riots after the shooting of Abdi Mohamed in
Salt Lake City,
Utah, U.S.
2016 – March 13: Riot in
Melbourne,
Australia central business district: largely gang-related gunshots were reported in the night.[419]
2016 – May–June: A series of violent riots
Melbourne,
Australia between pro and anti-Islam protesters results in numerous acts of vandalism, injuries and arrests.[420][421]
2016 – June 2: San Jose, California, Trump rally turns violent when protesters attacked supporters and one Police Officer was assaulted[422]
2017 – January 1–2:
Riots in
Ełk,
Poland after the murder of 21-year-old Polish man by a Tunisian cook.[424]
2017 – January 20: Sporadic rioting by anarchists in Washington D.C. during the
Inauguration of Donald Trump, leading to 234 arrests for rioting, and 6 officers needing medical attention.
2017 – February 27 – March 2:
Dhaka,
Bangladesh Transport Workers Riots.[425] Transport workers paralyze the city in protest against a court verdict of a fellow worker, clashing with police, causing arson attack, torching of vehicles and other violence. Most violence were reported at the Gabtoli Intersection. One worker was killed after police forced to open fire.
2017 – November 19: 50 people were fighting outside a discothèque in Cologne, Germany. 18 police vehicles came to stop the fighting. Several people were lightly wounded among whom were a police officer and one person was seriously wounded.[426]
2017 – November 29 – December 10:
Tegucigalpa,
Honduras After a close election between
Salvador Nasralla and
Juan Orlando Hernandez the electoral body in Honduras still had no results days after the election, so protests against the government occurred, because the government was having reelection even though it is unconstitutional, at the beginning the opposition candidate
Salvador Nasralla was winning by 5% but the system fell and 3 days after the reelecting president
Juan Orlando Hernandez started to win, this led to protests all over the country which were repressed by the police that up to today are still occurring, until now there has been 34 deaths, between the riots the government declared curfew between 6 PM and 6 AM.
2018 – May 1: Riots broke out in Paris, France when
black bloc rioters damaged local businesses, a
Genki Sushi restaurant and set fire to cars and a bulldozer.[430]
2018 – October 23: Garments Workers Riots in
Narayanganj,
Bangladesh. 5 hour clash between agitated rioting garments workers and the police force, 35 injured, 9 vehicles vandalized including a
lorry set on fire.[434]
2018 – November 26–27: A two-day riot broke out at USJ25,
Subang Jaya,
Malaysia, between two groups involving more than 10,000 people mostly Indian regarding the relocation of
Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple. Malay people were also involved by doing an ambush and a demonstration causing racial misunderstanding. A team of 700 policemen including the
Federal Reserve Unit were deployed to Subang Jaya to control the situation. An evacuation of a hotel had been done. 106 people had been arrested. Some injuries were recorded. The developer premises had been vandalized by a group of rioters. Twenty-three vehicles had been set on fire, and a police MPV and a fire engine had been damaged by the rioters. A firefighter was heavily beaten by the rioters and was later warded in the
intensive care unit. The victim died on December 17, 2018.[435][436]
2018 – since November:
Yellow vests protests, France, sometimes developing into major riots
2019
2019 – January 1: Four asylum seekers attacked passers-by of whom 12 were injured near the train station in
Amberg, Germany. Members of the public fled into a shop and the shop assistant locked the door to stop the rioters from entering.[437]
2019 – January 14–17:
Zimbabwe fuel protests erupt into national riots after a dramatic increase the price of fuel by the government, at least 12 deaths and over 600 people arrested.
2019 – February 12: Riots in
Haiti, 4 killed.[438]
2019 – February 23: A large street brawl involving 50 individuals took place in
Upplands Väsby, Sweden Masked youth threw rocks at police and three were arrested for rioting (Swedish: våldsamt upplopp).[439]
2019 – April 15, riots broke out in
Nørrebro in Copenhagen, Denmark, after
Islam criticRasmus Paludan staged a demonstration in the district. 23 people were arrested for a range of offences, from refusal to obey commands issued by police, arson and violence against police. Emergency services responded to 70 fires connected to the disturbances in Nørrebro,
Nordvest,
Christianshavn og
Amager. About 200 people took part.[444]
2019 – June 2,
Deggendorf, Germany: asylum seekers attacked police at the refugee centre. Five police were wounded and six Nigerian nationals were arrested for disturbing the peace and causing bodily harm.[449]
2019 – June 13: Riots in
Memphis, in the US following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by the police.[452][453][454][455]
2019 – July 12: Paris and Marseille, France: after Algeria defeated Ivory Coast in the African football championships, riots broke out in Paris and Marseille. Supporters of the Algerian national team gathered on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris. The celebration in Paris turned into unrest where two shops were looted. Police used tear gas in Paris and Marseille to disperse the crowds.
2019 – August 23: Left-wing protests against the
45th G7 summit in the French town of Biarritz degenerated into riots when participants started throwing rocks at police. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons. The rioters yelled "everybody hates the police" and "anti anti anti capitalists".[457]
2019 – August 30–September 1: Riots in Glasgow, UK. Attack on Irish unity march by opposition and subsequent clash of both parties with the riot police.[460]
2019 – September 1–8:
Xenophobic riots in Johannesburg primarily targeting African immigrants, sparked by the death of a taxi driver. At least 12 dead and over 680 arrested.[461]
2019 – October 3–14:
Riots in Ecuador, mass protests with protesters throwing bricks, causing arson attacks and clashing with riot police, the riots were said to be caused by fuel price hike. A State Of Emergency was issued. 8 people were killed during the course of the riots.[467]
2019 – October 18–Present:
Mass protests with nationwide reach in
Chile caused by public transport fares increasing. A State of Emergency was issued.[468]
2019 – November 16–18: 8 killed, dozens injured in political riots in
Bolivia[470][471][472]
2019 – November 25: Brawl between hundreds of knife yielding youths turned into violent riots a movie theater in
Birmingham,
UK. Tasers were used to stop rioters, 4 rioters were arrested and 7 policemen were injured.[473]
2019 – December 20–26: Prison riots in
Honduras, 37 killed.[474]
2020 – February 3–5: Riots in
Lesbos,
Greece, violent clashes between
Afghan migrants and the
Greek Police. Overcrowded refugee camps have been blamed for triggering the riots.[477]
2020 – March 9: In the town of
Novi Sanzhary in
Ukraine, people started rioting due to the fear that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to kill the population.[482]
2020 – March 10: About 50 inmates escaped from
Italian prisons as the
coronavirus triggered riots and brought the country's criminal-justice system to a halt.[483]
2020 – March 11:
Ohio: Riot breaks out following a university's announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID-19.[484]
2020 – March 13: In
Italy, riots erupted in almost 50 prisons this month, leaving 13 inmates dead and 59 guards injured. Authorities said the inmates died of drug overdoses after raiding a prison infirmary.[485]
2020 – March 18: Riots rock overcrowded
Lebanon prisons over coronavirus fears.[486]
2020 – March 21: In
Israel, riots erupts after police limit entrance to Temple Mount.[487]
2020 – March 25: Prison riots break out across
Argentina sparked by anger over conditions and coronavirus fears.[491][492]
2020 – March 25: A migrant-detention facility in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas experienced a series of riots committed by hundreds of foreign nationals.[493]
2020 – March 26: Prisoners Riot in
Luxembourg Amid Restrictions on Visitors. Luxembourg's main prison erupted in violence overnight after about 25 inmates started rioting, forcing several police units to intervene.[494]
2020 – April 11: Prison riot in
Siberia,
Russia, prison set ablaze.[495]
2020 – May 24 – Ongoing:
Riots in Belarus broke out after
Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election, the results of which were criticized amid allegations of fraud.
2020 – May 26, 2020 – May 26, 2021:
Nationwide riots in the
United States, after
the police killing of an unarmed black man in
Minneapolis,
George Floyd, during arrest by a police officer placing his knee on the victim's neck. Protesters and the police clashed for several days, leaving at least 30 dead in or near riot or protest zones. Numerous incidents of property destruction and arson attacks took place during the rioting.[497][498][499][500][501][502]
2020 – June 7:
Black Lives Matter demonstration developed into a riot in Gothenburg. 36 people were charged with crimes included rioting, sabotage and assaulting police officers.[503]
2020 – June 20–21:
2020 Stuttgart riot, where hundreds of people fought police and looted shops in Stuttgart after police investigated a 17-year-old for narcotics,
Germany after police investigated an incident involving drugs. A dozen police were injured.[504]
2020 – July 7: The crowd was annoyed by President
Aleksandar Vucic's announcement to impose a weekend curfew to eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic that led to
riots in Serbia.
2020 – July 24: Riots in
Satbayev,
Kazakhstan, violent mob tried to lynch a man who was suspected of raping a 5-year-old girl resulted in homes and police cars being damaged, police injured and 4 arrests.[506]
2020 – August 29:
Riots in Malmö, Sweden: about 300 people rioted in the
Rosengård of Malmö. The unrest broke out at 1900 in the evening after activists from the Danish
Hard Line party had burned a
Quran during the afternoon and posted a film of their manifestation on social media. Swedish authorities had earlier denied Hard Line party leader
Rasmus Paludan a permit to hold a demonstration featuring the burning of the Quran and he was stopped at the border. The rioters set fire to property and attacked police officers and police vehicle with rocks while chanting antisemitic slogans.[512][513]
2020 – September 25:
DR Congo jail riots, mass rape of at least 25 women committed by rioting inmates who broke free from the jail, while around 20 people died of the initiated violence before the situation was brought under control.[514]
2020 – October 25: Riots in Nigeria, at least 12 people killed.[515]
January 13: On Wednesday 13 January a protest condemning the death of African 23-year-old Ibrahim B during a police arrest the preceding Saturday turned into rioting and a police station in the
Schaerbeek area of Brussels was set afire.[524][525][526] The motorcade of king
Philippe of Belgium was briefly caught in the incident.[527]
January 23–26:
2021 Dutch curfew riots. After the introduction of a
curfew in reaction to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, riots broke out in several cities and towns throughout the
Netherlands around the time (21:00) the curfew went into effect for multiple days in a row.[528] Large scale protests were organized under the name "Let's have a coffee together", but turned violent after police were ordered to clear the unlicensed demonstrations. Repair costs are estimated to have run into hundreds of thousands of euros.[529]
August 15–19: Riots in
Meghalaya, India. Violent clashes were reported in the region.[552]
August 21: Anti-COVID lockdown riots occur again throughout Australia, most prominently in Melbourne, but also in Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth; resulting in injuries to both rioters and police officers and many arrests.[553]
September 29–30: Two days of prison riots in
Ecuador, at least 116 prisoners killed, some reportedly beheaded.[554][555][556]
October 3–9:
Lakhimpur Kheri massacre and subsequent riotings in India. Riots begun after an Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State
Ajay Mishra Teni drove a truck over protesting Farmers killing eight (8) of them, resulting in violent clashes erupting in the region for seven days.The riots ended after Ashish Mishra was arrested on October 9 late evening.[557][558]
October 21–31: Ten day violent rioting in Pakistan, at least seven police officers and four demonstrators were killed and many injured on both sides during the rioting initiated by the outlawed far-right
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, that ended after the Pakistan government reached an agreement with them on October 31.[559]
November 19: Police fired tear gas to quell an anti-government protest against deteriorating economic conditions and rising cost of living in
Malawi. Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of the southern commercial hub of Blantyre, calling on President Lazarus Chakwera's administration to take immediate steps to rein in soaring prices and unemployment. The protesters set tires on fire and blocked roads to bring traffic to a halt in parts of the city, and also torched a police post in Blantyre's central business district.[560]
November 19–21:
Anti-lockdown riots in The Netherlands, most noticeably in
Rotterdam, which started off as protests against the new COVID-19 restrictions. Multiple rioters and police were injured including 4 rioters shot by police. 173 have been arrested[561][562]
November 24: During the
2021 Solomon Islands unrest, Police in
Solomon Islands have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of protesters, who allegedly burned down a building in the parliament precinct, a police station and a store in the nation's capital of Honiara, amid reports of looting. The protesters marched on the parliamentary precinct in the east of
Honiara, where they allegedly set fire to a leaf hut next to Parliament House. The protesters were demanding the prime minister,
Manasseh Sogavare step down. Many of the protesters come from
Malaita province, the most populous province in the country whose provincial government has had tense relations with the central government for years. The tensions between the provincial and national government intensified in 2019 when Sogavare announced that
Solomon Islands would switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China, to the chagrin of Malaita premier Daniel Suidani.[563]
December 25–29: Riots in
Kerala, India, clashes between migrant workers started during Christmas evening, who also attacked the police and set police van on fire around 160 migrant workers connected to the violence arrested. The mass arrest drive ended on the early morning of December 28, while police patrolling continued till December 29 and the situation was finally brought under control.[564][565]
2022
January 2–11:
2022 Kazakh unrest which include rioting and other acts of vandalism and numerous deaths.[566]
August 27–28: Violent clashes in
Tripoli, lead to at least 32 deaths.[572]
September 16: Anti-monarchy protests against King
Charles III of
UK turned into violent rioting forcing police to crackdown on the protesters and calming the situation.[573][574][575]
November 27–29: Three day rioting in Belgium, following their 2-0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat to Morocco. On November 29 the situation calmed after the mayor of
Brussels increased police presence.[585]
December 6–7: Minor rioting across Spain, following Spain's 3–0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat on penalties to Morocco.
December 11–12: Violent clashes between the
Taliban and Pakistan forces lead to 8 deaths.[586]
December 13–14: The killing of a teenager by the police in Greece triggers massive rioting in
Athens on December 13. After a massive arrest drive by the police on December 14 the situation was brought under control.[587]
December 14–15: Riots in French cities such as
Montpellier and
Paris after Morocco's 2–0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat to France. There were also clashes between French and Moroccan fans which resulted in the death of a 14-year-old boy.[588]
June 27-July 15:
Nahel M. riots in France, after the death of a 17-year-old boy by a police officer.[598]
July 31-August 8:
2023 Haryana riots in India, after an organized Muslim mob attacked a Hindu religious procession for allegedly including
cow vigilante Monu Manesar. However the attendance of Monu Manesar in the procession was later proven to be a false rumor to initiate the violence.[599][600][601]
August 8–9: 5 people killed in rioting in
Cape Town, South Africa.[602][603]
August 9: Riots in Greece by
Croatian football fans and their subsequent arrest.[604]
August 21–23: Riots in
Derbyshire, UK surrounding a
Kabaddi event. Knife attacks and gun shots were reported. 3 injured, 4 arrested.[605]
November 6-7: Two day riots in
Los Angeles, US; after altercation while two sides rallied over conflicting opinion regarding the
2023 Israel–Hamas war, 1 dead.[606]
November 23-24:
Riots in
Dublin, Ireland in the evening following a stabbing incident outside of a school in Dublin. 34 arrested.[607][608]
December 9: Violent rioting between gang members and villagers in
Central Mexico, at least 14 dead.[609]
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