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The Oldham Riots were a short but intense period of violent rioting which occurred in Oldham, a town in Greater Manchester, England, in May 2001. They were the worst racially-motivated riots in the United Kingdom for fifteen years prior, briefly eclipsing the sectarian violence seen in Northern Ireland. The Oldham Riots were the first of a series of major riots during summer 2001, which saw similar racially-motivated confrontation follow in Bradford, Leeds and Burnley.
The riots followed a long period of inter-racial tensions and attacks in Oldham, occurring particularly between groups from the local and wider White and South Asian-Muslim communities. The most violent rioting occurred in the Glodwick area of the town which is a multi-ethnic district of Oldham and home to a large community of people of Pakistani heritage.Here, up to five hundred Asian youths were involved, and one hundred police officers reported to the scene in full riot gear and patrolled with dogs as helicopters circled overhead.

The race riots took place throughout Oldham and a small part of neighbouring Chadderton, peaking on Saturday, 26 May 2001, and continuing on Sunday 27, and Monday, 28 May 2001, were particularly intensive in Glodwick, an area to the south of Oldham town centre, were highly violent and led to the use of petrol bombs, bricks, bottles and other such projectiles by up to five-hundred Asian youths as they battled against lines of riot police.[4] At least 20 people were injured in the riots, including fifteen officers, and 37 people were arrested. Other parts of Oldham such as Coppice and Westwood were also involved.
Asians - including those of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian heritage - make up 11 % of Oldham's population, but constitute around 2 % of the workforce at the local council, the town's biggest employer. The rate of mixed race marriage in the town is less than 1 %. Most Oldham primary schools are single race, and many secondaries are 99 % white or 99 % Asian.
Oldham had the highest number of race hate crimes in the Greater Manchester area for 2001–2002, according to Manchester police's "Ethnic Monitoring and Hate Crime" report. There were some 1,133 racist crimes that were reported to the police. It was a 75.4 % increase on the previous year.
On Saturday, 26 May, the Live and Let Live pub, which was occupied at the time, was pelted with bricks, stones and petrol bombs. Several cars were set ablaze including an occupied police van. Lines of riot police were drafted in to combat the spiralling violence. Several officers were injured, and 32 police vehicles were damaged, but despite the level of violence and arson, there were no fatalities.
On 28 May 2001, the headquarters of the local newspaper, the Oldham Evening Chronicle, was attacked. A large group of Asian rioters threw a petrol bomb into the premises and smashed three plate-glass windows. Some media reported that the attack may have been a protest about the Chronicle's reporting - with claims that attacks on white people by Asians had been given precedence over similar racist attacks on Asians.
Just weeks after the riots, the then Deputy-Mayor of Oldham, Riaz Ahmad, became a victim of arson when someone threw a petrol bomb at his house in Chadderton, setting it ablaze. Mr. Ahmad, his wife and four children were all in the house sleeping at the time, but all escaped without any injuries.[9] A reward was put up by the police in return for information, but no one was ever charged. Mr. Ahmad went on to become the first Asian Mayor of Oldham in 2002 as well as the first Asian Mayor in Greater Manchester.
The disturbances received extensive coverage from local, national and international media, including the BBC and other television networks and several tabloids and broadsheets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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