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Rioting takes place in Plymouth and Birmingham, England, while police are attacked with molotov cocktails in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as the number of people arrested rises to 400.
2024-08-5

One person is killed and seven others injured during a series of stabbings in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The attacks are carried out by a single perpetrator, who is hunted by police. The motive is currently unknown.
2020-09-6

An Iranian man attempts self-immolation in front of the Tehran city hall.
2018-09-5

Five alleged members of British neo-Nazi group National Action go on trial in Birmingham charged with inciting racial hatred at Aston University. National Action is a banned terror group.
2018-04-26

A riot breaks out inside the G4S-run HM Prison Birmingham in Winson Green, Birmingham, United Kingdom. At least one inmate has been badly injured. The Ministry of Justice says riot police have regained control of the prison.
2016-12-16

UK Education Secretary Michael Gove apologises to Prime Minister David Cameron over a row with Home Secretary Theresa May about how to tackle Islamic extremism following recent revelations about a Muslim plot to take over schools in Birmingham.
2014-06-7

A man sets himself on fire outside the Oslo courthouse where mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for the 2011 Norway attacks.
2012-05-15

A Tibetan protester self-immolates during a protest in the Indian capital New Delhi, ahead of a visit by the Chinese president Hu Jintao.
2012-03-26

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the Dalai Lama is responsible for ongoing self-immolations by Tibetan monks.
2012-03-15

Tunisian authorities rename the central square in Tunis after Mohamed Bouazizi whose suicide sparked the 2010–2011 Tunisian revolution.
2011-02-17