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Saturday, 21 July, 2001, 12:57 GMT 13:57 UK

Disturbances broke out in Brixton, south London, following a peaceful protest into the fatal police shooting of a black man.

Here the incident unfolds in pictures.

Demonstration outside Brixton police station

Police riot vans arrive in Brixton street

Officers in riot gear running along Brixton street

A group of officers stands outside a shop with a broken window

Smashed window, close-up

Children's clothes hanging up behind smashed window

Figurines in shop window behind broken glass

Pedestrians outside Morley's department store with boarded up windows

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