Looting, arson spread widely in London, as civil unrest escalates
Rampant looting and raging fires engulfed swaths of London on Monday as the wave of civil unrest that has gripped this sprawling capital escalated sharply, including riots in a neighborhood not far from that of the athletes’ village and shiny stadiums being built for the 2012 Olympic Games.
The images of violence — with hundreds of youths looting shops, setting businesses ablaze and clashing with police in almost...