‘Shocking scenes’: Multiple arrests after riots in Leeds

West Yorkshire Police have arrested multiple people after a bus was set on fire during riots in Leeds.

The rioting broke out after police tried to assist social workers dealing with a child welfare issue.

“What then followed were those significant disturbances as people within that community felt that they were being unfairly targeted by the authorities,” UK professor and academic Matthew Goodwin told Sky News Australia.

“But of course, to many people here in Britain, something that Nigel Farage alluded to is I think this is yet more evidence of how in very multicultural, diverse communities you have a complete breakdown of respect for authority, respect for our ways of life, respect for the rule of law.”