Sentence examples for outbreak of riots from inspiring English sources

In September 1970, one year after the outbreak of riots between the Chinese and the Malays following an election in which the Chinese had made gains, Abdul Rahman relinquished his post as prime minister and was succeeded by Abdul Razak.

A kidnapping of a Christian businessman in Erbil, the Kurdish capital, and a recent outbreak of riots and arson attacks against Christian-owned liquor stores in Dohuk Province — the northernmost in Iraq, along the Turkish border — have deeply unsettled Christian migrants to the area.

When he ordered the police to take severe measures to prevent the outbreak of riots, he succeeded only in contributing further to the mounting discontent that erupted in March (February, Old Style) 1917, in a series of strikes and riots that overthrew the imperial regime, including Protopopov.

"The Israeli army is trying to escalate the situation and the Israeli settlers are attacking us". Since the beginning of the year there has been an outbreak of riots and protests on the West Bank, a hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and the death of a detainee in an Israeli jail.

That is what seemed to happen in Assam, where a sudden outbreak of riots between the Bodo people, a tribal group, and Bengali Muslims has led to 42 deaths and the displacement of an estimated 150,000 people in a period of less than a week.

A lack of support and opportunity for young people contributed to the outbreak of riots in England last summer, according to an independent report.

Exceptional events such as a terrorist attack or the outbreak of rioting in August 2011 skew perceptions.

The old policy was revived, however, after an outbreak of rioting in 1945.

Across the board, for every outbreak of riot, there's an instant, pre-cooked explanation.

Anger over stop and search was again implicated in the outbreak of rioting across the country in 2011.

Scottish police are sending at least 250 riot-trained officers and riot vans to help English forces tackle the outbreak of rioting, which has lasted for four nights.