Sentence examples for violent looting from inspiring English sources

Hundreds of foreigners, a majority of them French, have taken refuge in a French military camp after violent looting broke out in the Deux Plateaux suburb.

But he claimed that rescue operations of this nature are not unusual in a country where there is still more art underground than overground, and where archaeologists must battle the twin threats of rampant development and violent looting.

Prior to the 2003 US-led occupation, the only incident was the 1941 violent looting of Jewish neighbourhoods – which is still shrouded in mystery as to who planned it.

It takes numerous baddies from 2012's cartoonishly ultra-violent loot'n'shoot co-op masterpiece, and makes them the heroes of a flimsy but fun episode from the past.

On the third day of violent clashes, looting and rioting, King made a public statement calling for calm.

Offering his condolences to the family of 18-year-old Michael Brown, the US President nonetheless called for calm after two nights of violent protests, looting, injuries and arrests across the Ferguson suburb of St Louis where the incident took place.

Troops from the US national guard began rolling into Baltimore in armoured vehicles on Monday night after violent clashes, looting and fires led city authorities to declare a week-long curfew banning people from the streets at night.

In Ferguson and in Baltimore, those protests turned violent, with looting and arson.

When the officers were acquitted of police brutality, Los Angeles erupted with six days of violent protests, looting, and riots.

The result was an immediate nationwide wave of strikes, with violent demonstrations, looting and labor unrest at the Ursus Factory near Warsaw, in Radom, Płock and other places.

The King verdict sparked a wave of violent protests, looting and arson that lasted several days and left more than 50 people dead, thousands injured and large swaths of Los Angeles ― including many Korean-American-owned businesses ― in ruins.