A police car was flipped and a bus was torched during the disorder in the Harehills suburb of the city.
A police car was flipped and a bus was torched in Harehills during the disorder, which broke out at around 17:00 BST on Thursday and continued for several hours.
He added: "Responding officers were attacked and helped children’s social care staff withdraw to a place of safety.Mr Twiggs said the decision to withdraw officers from the scene was taken "as it was evident" that police were the "sole target" of the troublemakers. She said: "We know that community members and youth workers and councillors are out and about reassuring people and encouraging them to do the right thing and to stay off the streets."
Mehwish Ahmed, who lives on Luxor Street, where the incident started, described children and social workers being removed from a house by police officers.She told the BBC that up to 50 police officers were present as a crowd gathered and became aggressive."I don't think a lot of people knew what was going on either but were obviously just joining in.
"This bus was ours. This library was ours. The traffic lights were ours. We need to take pride in our community and make sure these things can't happen here."
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