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London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Sales of aluminum baseball bats soared 5,000 percent on Amazon.uk following the recent riots in England. Military police baton sales were also up 5,000 percent and wooden baseball bat sales jumped 3,600 percent.

Riots started over the weekend in London and spread out to Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol. Looters targeted shops and businesses. Police claim the crowd was “not and angry crowd, but a greedy and dishonest crowd.”

Several buildings were set on fire, police were pelted with missiles and cars were torched. Since then businesses have remained closed, meetings have been canceled and sporting events rescheduled.

Unrest broke out Tuesday in Liverpool after midnight. Pubs and restaurant windows were smashed showering late-night drinkers with glass. Hundreds of youths, some as young as 10, roamed Hide Park Street causing havoc and destruction. Copycat outbreaks were reported in Reading and Oxford.

The rash of violence and the London riots have many officials wondering if London, the host city of the 2012 Olympics, is prepared for the high security event.

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