tottenham riot 2011 looting 06/08/2011 breaking news!!!!! live

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shop-a-... .Two patrol cars have been set on fire after members of a community where a young man was shot dead by police took to the streets to demand "justice".

Protesters have gathered outside the police station on the High Road in Tottenham, north London.

It comes after a 29-year-old father-of-four, named locally as Mark Duggan, was shot dead by police on Thursday.

The Metropolitan Police said missiles were thrown at the cars, both were set alight and riot officers deployed.

A spokesman said about 300 people were on the streets but not all were involved in the disorder.

He said that officers dispatched to disperse the crowd had had bottles and other missiles thrown at them.

The force said the incident began after police officers parked two patrol cars on Forster Road and High Road and began patrolling on foot.

The spokesman said: "At approx 20:20 BST a number of bottles were thrown at these two cars - one was set alight and the second was pushed into the middle of the High Road. It was subsequently set slight.

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