The mum of a teenage boy who was killed in a road crash in Cardiff begged a riot mob to stop wreaking havoc as her son lay dying in the street.
Scenes being livestreamed on YouTube showed young people throwing fireworks and other missiles at a line of police officers with riot shields who were blocking one end of the street.
Shortly before 3am, rioters moved down Highmead Road in Ely, followed by police who were trying to disperse them.John Urquhart, the general secretary of the UK Harmony Party, lives in Ely and witnessed the incident escalate from the start of the evening.
"The vast majority of people who were stood in that street were stood there because they wanted to know what would happen next, there were a very small number of people actually doing any sort of violence," he said."There was definitely a small group doing things, but the vast majority of other people were just watching and having that normal comraderie in the street that you have when something is happening in your street and you have no control over it.
At 1.10am police said they were continuing to monitor and respond to "disorder in Ely", adding: "A number of vehicles have been set alight. Arrests are being made. A large police presence remains in the area."
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