2001–2009 's buildings were set on fire during the
2002 Gujarat violence • 2001 –
Seattle Mardi Gras riot, February (
Seattle, United States) • 2001 –
University of Maryland student riots following team's loss in the
2001 NCAA tournament (
College Park, Maryland, United States) • 2001 –
2001 Cincinnati Riots, April (
Cincinnati, United States) • 2001 –
Quebec City Summit of the Americas, April (
Quebec, Canada) • 2001 –
May Day Riots, May 1, 2001 (London, England). • 2001 –
Oldham Riots, May (
Oldham,
Greater Manchester, England) • 2001 –
Kraków Riots, June (
Kraków, Poland ) • 2001 –
Harehills riot,
Leeds, June, (
West Yorkshire, England) • 2001 – Canada Day Riot, July,
Edmonton, (Alberta, Canada) • 2001 –
Bradford Riot, July (
Bradford, England) • 2001 –
Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest, July (
Genoa, Italy) • 2001 –
July 2001 Belfast riots, (
Belfast, Northern Ireland) • 2001 –
Holy Cross dispute, Summer (
Belfast, Northern Ireland) • 2001 –
November 2001 Belfast riots, (
Belfast, Northern Ireland) • 2001 –
December 2001 Riots (
Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 2001 –
Ohio State University, First Chittfest block party riot, April (
Columbus, Ohio, United States) • 2002 –
San Salvador Atenco Airport Riot (
San Salvador Atenco, Mexico) • 2002 –
Post- Godhra Riots after the
Godhra train burning, February (
Gujarat, India) • 2002 –
Naroda Patiya massacre, happened on February 28, resulted in the death of 97 Muslims by approximately a mob of 5000 people. • 2002 –
University of Maryland students following their team's victory in the
2002 NCAA tournament (
College Park, Maryland, United States) • 2002 – Former military spies riot over their government pension (Seoul, South Korea) • 2002 –
Ohio State University, Second Chittfest block party riot, April 21 (
Columbus, Ohio, United States) (
Rondônia, Brazil) • 2002 –
May 2002 Belfast riots, (
Belfast, Northern Ireland) • 2002 –
Short Strand Clashes, (
Belfast, Northern Ireland) • 2002 – Chinese textile worker riot, (Shuikou,
Guangdong, China) • 2002 – Soccer hooligans light flares and clash with riot police at a game in Kyiv, Ukraine. • 2002 –
Ohio State University post
University of Michigan football game riot, November (
Columbus, Ohio, United States) • 2002 –
Riot at Pavoncito Prison (Guatemala City, Guatemala) • 2002 -
Concordia University Netanyahu riot (
Concordia University,
Montreal, Canada) • 2003 – Riot in Neos Marmaras (
Porto Carras,
Sithonia) against the
EU-Summit, June 20, (
Chalkidiki, Greece) • 2003 –
Benton Harbor Riot, June (
Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States) • 2003 –
Wrocław football riot 2003, March 30 • 2003 –
Maldives civil unrest, September (
Malé, Maldives) • 2003 – Riot over bad policy during a SARS outbreak, (Xiandie, China) • 2003 – The Exploited Montreal riot,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada October 14 • 2004 -
Redfern riots, (
Sydney, Australia). • 2004 –
Han–
Hui riot, (
Henan province, China). • 2004 –
Boston, Lincolnshire,
Croydon, and other United Kingdom towns. Fans rioted after England lost to France in their first game of the
UEFA Euro 2004 group stage. • 2004 –
2004 Dublin May Day riot • 2004 -
Palm Island riots, (
Queensland, Australia). • 2004 –
Kosovo Riot. • 2004 – Chinese riot in response to a beating, (
Guangdong, China) • 2004 – Citizens in Benghu riot in response to rising prices and poor healthcare, (
Anhui, China) • 2004 – Chinese soccer fans riot when a Japanese team wins the final, (
Beijing, China) • 2004 – Rioters attack police station December 30 (
Athens, Greece) • 2005 –
Dongzhou protest, (
Guangdong, China) • 2005 –
2005 Macquarie Fields riots, February, (southwestern suburb of
Sydney, Australia) • 2005 –
Cedar Revolution, February,
Lebanon • 2005 –
Anti-Japanese riots, April (
Beijing,
Shenzhen and
Guangzhou, China) • 2005 – Riots in response to land taken for a power plant, (Shenyou, China) • 2005 – Riots over excessive pollution, (
Zhejiang, China) • 2005 – Perpignan ethnic violence, May, France • 2005 – Riots during the Orange Order parade, July (
Belfast, Northern Ireland) • 2005 –
Maldives civil unrest, August (
Malé, Maldives) • 2005 – Chinese worker riot, July (Xizhou, China). In 2005, the government admitted to 87,000 riots and demonstrations across China. • 2005 –
2005 Belfast riots, (
Belfast, Northern Ireland) • 2005 – Street clashes in central Athens, September (
Athens, Greece), • 2005 –
2005 civil unrest in France, October • 2005 –
2005 Toledo Riot, October (
Toledo, Ohio, United States) • 2005 – Anti-Muslim Riots of Mau, October (
Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India) • 2005 –
Mar del Plata Summit of the Americas, November (
Mar del Plata, Argentina) • 2005 –
2005 Cronulla riots, December (
Sydney, Australia) • 2005 –
2005 Birmingham race riots in
Lozells, (
Birmingham, United Kingdom) • 2006 –
Stanley Cup Western Conference Finals (
Edmonton Oilers victory), May 2006,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 2006 –
Cartoon riots • 2006 –
2006 Nuku'alofa riots, November 16 (
Nukuʻalofa, Tonga) • 2006 –
2006 Dublin riots, February 25 (
Dublin, Ireland) • 2006 –
San Bernardino punk riot, March 4
San Bernardino, California • 2006 –
2006 labor protests in France, March–April, (Paris, France) • 2006 –
Burj Khalifa riot (
Dubai, United Arab Emirates) • 2006 –
Hindu/Muslim Aligarh Riots, April (
Aligarh, India) • 2006 – April 2006 Venezuela prison riot, April (
Venezuela) • 2006 –
2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco (
San Salvador Atenco, Mexico) • 2006 – Riot after a hospital doesn't treat a patient (
Sichuan, China) • 2006 – Riot over government response to a whistleblower, (
Shandong, China) • 2006 – Riot follows after a traffic accident incites violence, (
Chizhou, China) • 2006 – Riot over a land dispute, (Sanzhou, China) • 2006 –
2006 protests in Hungary • 2006 – The October
2006 Mangalore riots were a set of riots in Mangalore, India triggered after Hindu extremist group Bajrang Dal attacked a Van which was transporting cows. Government imposed a curfew for a week. Two people were killed and up to 50 people were injured. • 2006 – November 2006 Political Riots in
Bangladesh. Violent clashes between the two major parties
Bangladesh Awami League and
Bangladesh Nationalist Party including vandalism and arson attacks leave 40+ dead. • 2006 –
Copenhagen December Riot (
Nørrebro,
Copenhagen, Denmark) • 2007 – Anti-immigrant riots, (
Madrid, Spain) • 2007 –
2007 – Guinea-Bissau riot • 2007 –
Chinese immigrants clash with riot police, (
Milan, Italy) • 2007 – Riot starts when a company takes over the bus routes and doubles the fares, (Zhushan, China) • 2007 –
2007 Karachi riots (
Karachi, Pakistan) • 2007 –
G8 Summit Riots, June 2007 in Rostock, Germany • 2007 – Bronze soldier riot (Tallinn, Estonia) • 2007 – Muslim-Tibetan riot, (
Qinghai, China) • 2007 –
Muslim–
Han riot (
Shandong, China) • 2007 –
Romani riots (
Sofia, Bulgaria) •
2007 – Georgian anti-government protests, September – December •
2007 – Burmese anti-government protests • 2007 –
Riots in
Villiers-le-Bel, France, November 25–30 • 2007 –
Food riots in West Bengal • 2007–2008 –
Kenyan Presidential Election Riots • 2008 – Striking dock workers clash with riot police at state-controlled
Piraeus (OLP) and
Thessaloniki (OLTH) ports Greece, Jan 11–15 • 2008 –
Panvoncito Prison riot •
2008 – Protests in Serbia – Riots in Belgrade on embassies of countries recognizing the independence of Kosovo by Serbian nationalists. •
2008 – Political crisis in Lebanon – Riots and engagements between Islamists and progressives. •
2008 – Tibetan unrest, March 10 – June (
Tibet) • 2007–2008 –
Food riots in India,
Peru,
Morocco,
Egypt,
Bangladesh, Pakistan,
Zimbabwe,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Uzbekistan,
Indonesia,
Yemen,
Guinea,
Cameroon,
Burkina Faso,
Mauritania and
Senegal. •
2008 – UEFA Cup final riots in
Manchester, United Kingdom •
2008 – South Africa riots – Attacks on foreign nationals • 2008 –
Fishermen riots in Paris – French fishermen clashed with police as they protested over
rising fuel costs • 2008 – Fishermen riots in
Brussels • 2008 – Kamagasaki G8 Riots Osaka, June 2008 Repression and Revolt, General Union • 2008 –
2008 Guizhou riot in
Guizhou, China • 2008 – Kanmen riot in the coastal province of
Zhejiang. According to the Ministry of Public Security, there were 87,000 riots and protests reported in 2005 and this number increases every year. • 2008 –
2008 riot in Mongolia, following the
legislative election • 2008 –
August 2008 Montreal North Riot (
Montreal, Quebec, Canada) • 2008 –
Riots throughout Greece after police shot dead a teenager. • 2008 –
2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka: Riot erupted after Hindu extremist groups Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena attacked and damaged churches in Mangalore and injured people including nuns. • 2009 –
Riots in Oslo,
Copenhagen,
London,
Belfast, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other cities following the
2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. • 2009 –
Riot on January 13 in
Riga, Latvia, after a peaceful demonstration of people, demanding
parliament (Saeima) dissolution. • 2009 –
Ubudiah Mosque riots in
Kuala Kangsar,
Perak, Malaysia. • 2009 – Rioting in
Belfast, Northern Ireland after
St Patrick's Day on March 18. • 2009 –
Anti-government Riots, (
Bangkok, Thailand). Protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva. hundreds of protesters injured. Thai Army were deployed on the streets of
Bangkok and the State of Emergency was declared. • 2009 –
2009 Iranian election protests • 2009 –
July 2009 Ürümqi riots in
Ürümqi, China, July 5–? • 2009 – Riots in Pakistan's central
Punjab, 8 dead. • 2009 – Riots in
Birmingham, United Kingdom, when far-right activists clash with anti-racism protesters and local members of the Muslim and Afro-Caribbean community on August 8, 2009. • 2009 – Riots in
Belfast, Northern Ireland, on August 30. • 2009 – Arab protesters clashed with Israeli security forces during riots near
Temple Mount in
Jerusalem, Israel. • 2009 –
Football riot in
Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 dead.
2010s 2010 • 2010 –
Times Square riots, New York City, NY, United States, 4 rioters shot, 54 arrested. • 2010 – Prison riot in
Venezuela, 8 dead. • 2010 – Immigrants riots in
Rosarno, Italy, 37 injured. • 2010 –
Riots in
Nigeria between Muslim and Christian gangs, 992 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the
2010 Winter Olympics • 2010 –
2010 Kyrgyzstani uprising, 85 dead. • 2010 –
Political protests in
Thailand, 91 dead. • 2010 – April 10 –
Springfest Riot,
Harrisonburg, Virginia, dozens injured; 30–35 arrested. • 2010 – Riots in
Indonesia, 3 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Kyrgyzstan, 5 dead • 2010 –
Riots in
Santa Cruz, California. • 2010 –
Riots in Greece, 3 people killed. • 2010 – Prison riot in
Venezuela, 8 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
northeast India, 3 dead, 70 injured. • 2010 – Riots in
Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks, 2 dead. • 2010 –
Riots in
Jamaica, 73 dead. • 2010 –
Riots in Kyrgyzstan, at least 2000 dead. • 2010 – Prison riot in
Mexico, 28 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Bariloche, Argentina, 2 dead, 12 injured. • 2010 –
Riots in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the
2010 G-20 Toronto summit, 1105 arrests • 2010 – Prison riot in
Venezuela, 6 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Indian Kashmir, at least 10 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Yemen, 2 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Panama, 1 dead, dozens injured. • 2010 – Riots in
Oakland, California after not-guilty verdict returned in Oscar Grant case. • 2010 –
Riots in
Northern Ireland. Police estimate that million in damages were caused, and over 80 police officers injured by nationalist rioters. • 2010 – Riots in
Nigeria, at least 4 killed • 2010 – Prison riot in
Quebec, Canada, 2 killed. • 2010 – Riots in
Indian Kashmir, 50 people killed in seven weeks of clashes with Indian forces. • 2010 – Riots in
Karachi, Pakistan, 90 dead. • 2010 – Prison riot in
Mexico, 14 dead. • 2010 – Prison riot in
Kazakhstan, at least 2 killed, 80 injured. • 2010 – Farmers riot in
Uttar Pradesh, India, at least 2 killed. • 2010 – Riots in
Punjab province, Pakistan, 2 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Mozambique, 13 killed. • 2010 – Riots in
Indonesia, 6 killed, 22 injured. • 2010 – Riots in
Afghanistan, 2 killed. • 2010 – Riots in
Karachi, Pakistan, 17 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Ecuador, 3 killed, 50 injured. • 2010 – Riots in
East Kalimantan, Indonesia, 5 dead. • 2010 – Prison Riots in
Venezuela, 16 killed. • 2010 –
Belgrade anti-gay riot, 78 police officers and 17 civilians injured. • 2010 – Riots in
Karachi, Pakistan, at least 33 killed. • 2010 – Prison riot in
Haiti, 3 killed. • 2010 – Riots in
Cross River State, Nigeria, at least 30 killed. • 2010 – Riots in
Western Sahara, 11 dead. • 2010 – Riot in
Maranhão, Brazil, 18 dead. • 2010 –
Student riots in London, 14 injured, 35 arrested,
Conservative head office damaged by protestors.
Goldsmiths College's UCU (lecturers union) issue statement in support of all demonstrators: "The real violence in this situation relates not to a smashed window but to the destructive impact of the cuts." • 2010 – Riots in
Haiti, 2 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, 2 dead. • 2010 – Riots in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at least 25 people have been killed. • 2010 – Riots in
Ivory Coast, at least 3 killed. • 2010 – More student riots in London. Twelve police officers were injured with six requiring hospital treatment. 43 protesters injured, and 26 arrests made. Several buildings were attacked, including the Treasury, the Supreme Court and
Topshop. The
Prince of Wales and the
Duchess of Cornwall car came under attack, smashing the window of the car and covered in paint. • 2010 – Riots in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, at least 3 killed. • 2010 – Riots in
Bangladesh, at least 3 killed and dozens more have been injured. • 2010 –
Ethnic riots in Moscow, Russia, 29 injured. • 2010 – Riots in
Ivory Coast, at least 20 people have been killed. • 2010 – Riots in the
Constitución neighborhood,
Buenos Aires, Argentina. • 2010 –
Riots in Tunisia, 1 dead and several people injured. • 2010 – New park riots – pupils riot in a newly built park, several injured in Glasgow, Scotland during the
Egyptian revolution of 2011 2011 • 2011 – Riots in
Assam,
Meghalaya, Northeast India, 4 dead. • 2011 – Riots in
Arusha, Tanzania, 2 dead and nine people injured. • 2011 –
Riots in
Algeria, 2 dead and four hundred people injured in riots linked to food price increases and unemployment. • 2011 –
Riots in Tunisia, at least 219 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Jos, Nigeria, more than 30 people dead. • 2011 – Riots in
Tirana, Albania, 3 killed, 17 policemen and soldiers were injured, including three seriously, along with 22 civilians. • 2011 – Riots in
Lebanon, following the fall of Saad Hariri's government. • 2011 –
Riots in Egypt, at least 846 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria, 4 killed. • 2011 – Prison riot in
Sao Luis, Brazil, 6 dead. • 2011 – Religious riot in
Banten, Indonesia, at least 6 killed. • 2011 –
Riots in
Manama, Bahrain, at least 70 killed, 92 civilians, 2 security forces injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan, two killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Al Hoceima, Morocco, 5 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Libya, at least 24 people killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Iraq, at least 13 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Yemen, 24 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Tunis, Tunisia, 3 killed. • 2011 – Miners riot in
Peru, at least 2 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, between Muslims and Christians, at least 13 people died and 140 were injured. • 2011 – Riot in
Kissidougou, Guinea, at least 3 dead. • 2011 – Prison riot in
Tikrit, Iraq, 2 dead, 14 wounded. • 2011 – Riots in
Syria, at least 60 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Sanaa, Yemen, 42 people had died and at least 300 were injured according to doctors. • 2011 – Prison Riot in
Hyderabad, Pakistan, 7 dead. • 2011 –
Riot in London, around 250 thousand people, initially a small protest. • 2011 – Riots in
Nigeria, at least 70 people have been killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Mazar-e Sharif and
Kandahar, Afghanistan, at least 13 people have been killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Jessore, Bangladesh, 1 dead and at least 30 others injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, 2 killed and at least 15 wounded. • 2011 – Prison riot in Rumieh prison,
Lebanon, 2 dead. • 2011 – Riot in
Parwan province, Afghanistan, 1 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Uganda, at least 3 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Yemen, more than 100 people have died in two months of protests. • 2011 – Riots in
Jaitapur, Maharashtra, India, 1 killed, more than 50 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Diyarbakir, Turkey, 1 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Dakar, Senegal. • 2011 – Riots in
Tyre, Lebanon, 2 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Mansa,
Luapula Province, Zambia, 3 people were burned to death. • 2011 – Riots in
Nigeria, at least 500 killed in post-election rioting. • 2011 – Riots in
Kampala, Uganda, at least 5 dead and 100 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, between Muslims and Christians, 12 dead. • 2011 – Riots in
Hesarak District,
Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 1 killed, 3 wounded. • 2011 –
Riots on
Israel's borders, at least 12 killed and dozens injured. • 2011 – Riots in
West Bengal, India, at least 8 people killed in post-election violence. • 2011 – Riots in
Taloqan,
Takhar province, Afghanistan, at least 12 killed and 80 injured. • 2011 –
Riots in
Tbilisi, Georgia, 2 killed, 20 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Choucha refugee camp,
Tunisia, at least 2 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Sri Lanka, 1 killed, at least 200 wounded. • 2011 –
Riots in
Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 4 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Metlaoui, Tunisia, 3 dead and 90 wounded. • 2011 – Riots in
Mogadishu, Somalia, 2 killed. • 2011 – Riots in El Rodeo I prison,
Caracas, Venezuela, 19 killed. • 2011 –
Riots in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada after the
Vancouver Canucks lost to the
Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup. • 2011 – Riots in
Tripoli, Lebanon, at least 4 killed and at least 48 people wounded. • 2011 –
Riots, three separate outbreaks in June and July,
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, over 300 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Huancavelica, Peru, 3 killed and more than 30 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Guwahati, Assam, India, 2 killed and at least 30 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Juliaca,
Puno Region, Peru, at least 5 killed and 30 wounded. • 2011 – Riots in
Dadaab, Kenya, 2 killed and 13 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Karachi, Pakistan, at least 114 killed, including violence a week prior. • 2011 – Riots in
Ganjam, Odisha, India, at least 2 killed. • 2011 – Riot in
Karaganda, Kazakhstan, at least 7 killed in a prison riot. • 2011 – Riot in
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 7 killed in a prison riot. • 2011 – Riot in
Hotan, China, 4 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Homs, Syria, at least 30 killed in sectarian violence. • 2011 – Riots in
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, 1 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Malawi, at least 18 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 17 people killed in a prison riot. • 2011 – Riots in
Papua, Indonesia, 18 killed in rioting between rival clans. • 2011 – Riots in Qalad District,
Zabul province, Afghanistan, at least 4 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Pimpri-Chinchwad, India, 3 killed. • 2011 –
Riots in London which spread to other cities in England, over a hundred injured and 5 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Mogadishu, Somalia, at least 10 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Chile, scores of demonstrators and police injured, 1 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Hakkari province, Turkey, 1 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Jos, Nigeria, at least 22 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Sbeitla, Tunisia, 4 injured, 1 teenage girl killed. • 2011 –
Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, 3 killed and more than 1000 injured in anti-Israel protests. • 2011 – Riots in
Ambon, Indonesia, 5 dead and 80 injured in clashes between Christians and Muslims. • 2011 – Riots in
Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India, 7 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Ujjain, India, 2 killed and 16 injured in a religious riot. • 2011 – Riots in
Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, at least 9 killed, over a dozen injured. • 2011 – Riots in Katunitsa,
Bulgaria, 2 dead, at least 6 injured in ethnic clashes. • 2011 – Riots in
Dakhla, Western Sahara, Morocco, 7 killed, at least 20 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Conakry, Guinea, at least 4 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, at least 24 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Darrang district, Assam, India, 4 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Papua, Indonesia, 1 killed, 5 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Athens, Greece, 1 died of heart attack, 16 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Monrovia, Liberia, at least 1 killed and several others wounded. • 2011 – Riots in
Nicaragua, at least 4 people killed in post-election violence and 46 officers have been injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Damietta, Egypt, 1 killed and at least 11 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, 33 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at least 1 dead. • 2011 – Riots in
Karachi, Pakistan, at least 2 killed and 8 injured. • 2011 –
Riots in
Zakho, Iraq, at least 30 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Canete, Peru, at least 1 killed and 20 injured. • 2011 – Riot in
Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, India, at least 1 killed and 2 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 6 killed. • 2011 – Riots in
Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, at least 11 people killed and 86 injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, at least 13 people killed and hundreds injured. • 2011 – Riots in
Bima,
West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, at least 2 people were killed and 8 wounded. • 2011 – Riots in
Rome, at least 100 injured.
2012 • 2012 – Riots in
Uri, Indian Kashmir, India, 1 killed and 4 injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Ebonyi State, Nigeria, at least 50 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Qatif, Saudi Arabia, several killed and 3 injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Bahrain, at least 100 killed and dozens injured within 2011–2012. • 2012 – Riots in
Dakar and
Podor, Senegal, 3 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Bangladesh, 4 killed. • 2012 –
Riots in
Port Said, Egypt, at least 74 killed and at least 1000 people injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Cairo and
Suez, Egypt, 7 dead. • 2012 – Riots in
Qatif, Saudi Arabia, 1 killed and at least 6 injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Chilaw, Sri Lanka, 1 killed and 4 injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico, 44 killed in a prison riot. • 2012 – Riots in
Rustenburg, South Africa, 2 killed. • 2012 –
Riots in
Afghanistan, 23 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Songea, Tanzania, 2 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Aysén, Chile, 1 killed and several injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Macedonia, 2 killed and dozens wounded. • 2012 – Riots in
Puerto Maldonado, Peru, 3 killed and more than 30 injured. • 2012 – Riots in Turkey, 1 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Port Said, Egypt, 1 killed and 65 injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Israel,
West Bank and
Gaza Strip, 1 killed and scores injured. • 2012 – Riots in
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, at least 18 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, at least 17 killed and nearly 50 injured. • 2012 – Riot in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25000 protesters fired upon by police using water cannons and tear gas. • 2012 – Riots in
Cairo, Egypt, at least 20 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Tunis, Tunisia, 1 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Papua Province, Indonesia, 1 killed and 4 injured. • 2012 –
Riots in
Rakhine State, Myanmar, over 80 killed, properties burned down, thousands displaced. • 2012 – Riots in
Kaduna, Nigeria, more than 90 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Celendín, Peru, at least 3 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Potosí, Bolivia, 1 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Qatif, Saudi Arabia, 2 killed. • 2012 –
Riots in
Belfast, Northern Ireland. • 2012 – Riots in
Delhi, India, 1 killed and more than 85 injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Linden, Guyana, at least 3 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Mérida state, Venezuela, at least 22 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Assam, India, at least 36 killed. • 2012 –
Riots in
Anaheim, California, several injuries and 24 arrested. • 2012 – Riots in
Nyala, Sudan, 6 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Zogota, Guinea, 5 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
Mumbai, India, 2 killed and at least 55 injured. • 2012 – Riots in
North West Province, South Africa, 9 killed. • 2012 – Riots in
North West Province, South Africa, 34 killed, 78 wounded. • 2012 – Riots in
Santa Fe Province,
Buenos Aires Province,
Tucumán Province, Argentina, 6 killed and 200 injured. • 2012 –
Riots in
Belfast, Northern Ireland. • 2012 –
Project X Haren in
Haren, Groningen, the
Netherlands. Over 30 injured. • 2012 – Riots in
Mexico City caused by the
2012 Mexican general election • 2012 – Rioting during the
Belfast City Hall flag protests in
Northern Ireland. • 2012 – Chinese
demonstration and riots during escalation of
Senkaku Islands dispute • 2012 – A long-running series of protests and
riots by farm workers in the Western Cape region of South Africa. • 2012 – Wildcats supporters in
Lexington, Kentucky 2013 • 2013 –
Riots in
Belfast, Northern Ireland during the flag protests. 29 police officers were hurt. • 2013 –
2013 Bulgarian protests • 2013 –
Riots in Stockholm, Sweden • 2013 –
Riots in Bangladesh • 2013 – Riots in Turkey (Istanbul) (see
Gezi Park protests) • 2013 –
2013 anti-Sri Lanka protests in
Tamil Nadu, India. • 2013 –
Riots in Brazil (
São Paulo,
Brasília,
Rio de Janeiro,
Belo Horizonte,
Salvador,
Recife,
Curitiba,
Porto Alegre and
Vitória) • 2013 –
Riots in
Belfast, Northern Ireland following July 12 parade and over several days. Dozens injured mainly Police Officers. • 2013 – Riots in
Shanshan County (
Xinjiang, China) 27 people were killed in riots. • 2013 – Riots in
Huntington Beach, California, 1 injured. • 2013 –
Riots in
Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 9. • 2013 –
Egyptian anti-coup rioting on August 14, 2013. Over 1000 killed by the
Egyptian Security Forces. • 2013 –
Riots in Singapore, 18 injured. • 2013 – Riots in
Trappes, France. After a
police patrol
stopped a woman for wearing an Islamic face-covering veil (
niqab), her husband tried to strangle a police officer and he was arrested. His arrest was followed by three days of rioting by about 200 participants. In the aftermath, three people were convicted to jail sentences from six to ten months.
2014 during the
2014 Venezuelan protests • 2014 –
Euromaidan in Ukraine, from November 21, 2013 – February 23, 2014. Protests and riots in
Kyiv, Ukraine (106 dead, 1,880 injured, around 1,340 hospitalized, 320 arrested for mass rioting and 125+ police officers injured). • 2014 –
Hrushevskoho Street riots, from January 19, 2014 – February 23, 2014.
Kyiv, Ukraine • 2014 – January 20 Haredi rioted Brooklyn • 2014 – February–May 2014:
2014 Venezuelan protests, 43 killed, 5000+ injured, 3,689 arrested. • 2014 – Riots in
Mombasa, Kenya after a raid on a mosque conducted by the police. • 2014 –
2014 Jerusalem unrest. • 2014 –
2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a series of demonstrations and riots that began in the northern town of Tuzla on February 4, 2014, but quickly spread to multiple cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Sarajevo, Zenica, Mostar. • 2014 –
Zhengzhou Airport riot, February 5–6 in China. • 2014 – Riots in
Tampa, Florida After
Cigar City Brewing Company prematurely ran out of beer at their annual release of their highly acclaimed Hunahpu's Imperial Stout, angry attendees began a small riot. Police were called to the scene and dispersed the angry crowd. The riot prompted the brewery's owners to cancel the event in the future. There were no deaths, but some injuries were reported. • 2014 – Riots in
Mexico caused by the
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping • 2014 –
Riots in
Ferguson, Missouri caused by the
shooting of Michael Brown and charges against the accused officer being dropped. following the
death of Freddie Gray 2015 • 2015 – April 11:
2015 South African xenophobic riots breakout first in Durban then spreading to Johannesburg, South Africa targeting foreign immigrants, 7 dead. • 2015 – April 26:
2015 Baltimore riots erupted in
Baltimore, Maryland, United States in response to the
death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody. • 2015 – July: Three days of riots in
Belfast, Northern Ireland following the July 12 parade. • 2015 – September 25: 100 Syrians and Afghans were fighting in a refugee station located in Leipzig, Germany during the Islamic
Eid al-Adha festivities. 40 police vehicles were sent to calm the situation. • 2015 – December:
2015 Corsican protests follow the rise of
Corsican nationalism and resulted in the burning of a mosque in
Ajaccio and continuing protests.
2016 • 2016 – February:
2016 Mong Kok civil unrest (
Mong Kok, Hong Kong) • 2016 – February 27: Riots after the shooting of Abdi Mohamed in
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States • 2016 – March 13: Riot in
Melbourne, Australia central business district: largely gang-related gunshots were reported in the night. • 2016 – May–June: A series of violent riots
Melbourne, Australia between pro and anti-Islam protesters results in numerous acts of vandalism, injuries and arrests. • 2016 – June 2: San Jose, California, Trump rally turns violent when protesters attacked supporters and one Police Officer was assaulted • 2016 – June 10–19:
UEFA Euro 2016 riots throughout
France. • 2016 – June 20–23:
Riots in Tshwane, South Africa preceding national municipal elections. 5 dead and 54 arrested. • 2016 – August:
2016 Milwaukee riots • 2016 – August 30: Riots break out in
Kalgoorlie, Australia after the
Death of Elijah Doughty. 12 police officers injured and buildings and cars damaged. • 2016 – September:
Kaveri River water dispute, India • 2016 – September: Riots in Charlotte, North Carolina caused by the
shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a police officer. •
2016 Portland, Oregon riots and
2016 Oakland riots against
the election of Donald Trump. , part of the
2017 Venezuelan protests 2017 • 2017 – January 1–2:
Riots in
Ełk, Poland after the murder of 21-year-old Polish man by a Tunisian cook. • 2017 – January 20: Sporadic rioting by anarchists in Washington, D.C. during the
Inauguration of Donald Trump, leading to 234 arrests for rioting, and 6 officers needing medical attention. • 2017 – January 1–24:
2017 Brazil prison riots. • 2017 – February 20:
Rinkeby riots in Sweden. • 2017 – February 27 – March 2:
Dhaka, Bangladesh, Transport Workers Riots. Transport workers paralyze the city in protest against a court verdict of a fellow worker, clashing with police, causing arson attack, torching of vehicles and other violence. Most violence were reported at the Gabtoli Intersection. One worker was killed after police forced to open fire. • 2017 – February 4–15 and March 27–28:
2017 French riots • 2017 – March 31, 2017 – August 12, 2017:
2017 Venezuelan protests, 165 killed, 15000+ injured, 4848 arrested. • 2017– July 7–8:
G20 Hamburg summit riots, Germany • 2017 – August 7: Rioting in
Belfast, Northern Ireland. • 2017 – August 11–12:
Unite the Right rally in
Charlottesville, Virginia, following the various movements and actions to
remove Confederate monuments. Participants included
white supremacists,
neo-fascists (including
Neo-Nazis), right-wing militias, and figures associated with the
Ku Klux Klan. 3 deaths, 33 injuries, 11 arrests. • 2017 – August 25–26:
2017 Northern India riots, following the rape conviction of
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the leader of the cult
Dera Sacha Sauda. 40+ people killed in violence by his followers. • 2017 – November 19: 50 people were fighting outside a discothèque in Cologne, Germany. 18 police vehicles came to stop the fighting. Several people were lightly wounded among whom were a police officer and one person was seriously wounded. • 2017 – : After the
team of Morocco qualified for the
2018 FIFA World Cup with a 2–0 victory over Ivory Coast, the celebrations by the
Moroccan community in Brussels turned into a riot with cars burnt and shops looted by some 300 rioters and 20 police officers injured. Firefighters sent to put out the fires were also attacked by the rioters. • 2018 – May 1: Riots broke out in Paris, France when
black bloc rioters damaged local businesses, a
Genki Sushi restaurant and set fire to cars and a bulldozer. • 2018 – May 8–10: Prison riot in
Depok, Indonesia. • 2018 – June 25: Riots in
Nigeria between Muslim herders and Christian farmers. Total 86 dead. • 2018 – October 21: Violence between
Christian and
Muslim youths in
Kaduna in
Nigeria. Total 55 dead. • 2018 – October 23: Garments Workers Riots in
Narayanganj, Bangladesh. 5 hour clash between agitated rioting garments workers and the police force, 35 injured, 9 vehicles vandalized including a
lorry set on fire. • 2018 – November 26–27: A two-day riot broke out at USJ25,
Subang Jaya, Malaysia, between two groups involving more than 10,000 people mostly Indian regarding the relocation of
Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple. Malay people were also involved by doing an ambush and a demonstration causing racial misunderstanding. A team of 700 policemen including the
Federal Reserve Unit were deployed to Subang Jaya to control the situation. An evacuation of a hotel had been done. 106 people had been arrested. Some injuries were recorded. The developer premises had been vandalized by a group of rioters. Twenty-three vehicles had been set on fire, and a police MPV and a fire engine had been damaged by the rioters. A firefighter was heavily beaten by the rioters and was later warded in the
intensive care unit. The victim died on December 17, 2018. • 2018 – since November:
Yellow vests protests, France, sometimes developing into major riots
2019 • 2019 – January 1: Four asylum seekers attacked passers-by of whom 12 were injured near the train station in
Amberg, Germany. Members of the public fled into a shop and the shop assistant locked the door to stop the rioters from entering. • 2019 – January 14–17:
Zimbabwe fuel protests erupt into national riots after a dramatic increase the price of fuel by the government, at least 12 deaths and over 600 people arrested. • 2019 – February 12: Riots in
Haiti, 4 killed. • 2019 – February 23: A large street brawl involving 50 individuals took place in
Upplands Väsby, Sweden Masked youth threw rocks at police and three were arrested for rioting (Swedish:
våldsamt upplopp). • 2019 – March 15–October 28:
2019–20 Hong Kong protests • 2019 – April 8–11: Riots in
Sudan. • 2019 – April 20, riots in
Northern Ireland • 2019 – April 15, riots broke out in
Nørrebro in Copenhagen, Denmark, after
Islam critic Rasmus Paludan staged a demonstration in the district. 23 people were arrested for a range of offences, from refusal to obey commands issued by police, arson and violence against police. Emergency services responded to 70 fires connected to the disturbances in Nørrebro,
Nordvest,
Christianshavn og
Amager. About 200 people took part. • 2019 – 20 May: Riots in
Oldham,
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; Violent clashes between anti-Islamic demonstrators and counter demonstrators. • 2019 – 22 May:
Riots in
Jakarta, Indonesia; Peaceful protest from election results turned violent overnight. • 2019 – June 2,
Deggendorf, Germany: asylum seekers attacked police at the refugee centre. Five police were wounded and six Nigerian nationals were arrested for disturbing the peace and causing bodily harm. • 2019 – June 3–5:
Khartoum massacre in Sudan. 128 dead, over 650 injured. • 2019 – June 13: Riots in
Memphis, in the US following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by the police. • 2019 – July 12: Paris and Marseille, France: after Algeria defeated Ivory Coast in the African football championships, riots broke out in Paris and Marseille. Supporters of the Algerian national team gathered on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris. The celebration in Paris turned into unrest where two shops were looted. Police used tear gas in Paris and Marseille to disperse the crowds. • 2019 – July 26–30:
Prison riots in
Northern Brazil, at least 112 dead. • 2019 – August 23: Left-wing protests against the
45th G7 summit in the French town of Biarritz degenerated into riots when participants started throwing rocks at police. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons. The rioters yelled "everybody hates the police" and "anti anti anti capitalists". • 2019 – August 19–September 23:
Riots in Papua, Indonesia. Over 30 people dead. • 2019 – August 30–September 1: Riots in Glasgow, Scotland. Attack on Irish unity march by opposition and subsequent clash of both parties with the riot police. • 2019 – September 1–8:
Xenophobic riots in Johannesburg primarily targeting African immigrants, sparked by the death of a taxi driver. At least 12 dead and over 680 arrested. • 2019 – September 23–October 28:
Student protest in Jakarta, Indonesia turned into riots, spread nationwide. One student dead. • 2019 – October 1–Ongoing:
Anti-Government riots in
Iraq, at least 93 killed, over 1000 injured. • 2019 – October 3–14:
Riots in Ecuador, mass protests with protesters throwing bricks, causing arson attacks and clashing with riot police, the riots were said to be caused by fuel price hike. A State Of Emergency was issued. 8 people were killed during the course of the riots. • 2019 – October 18–Present:
Mass protests with nationwide reach in
Chile caused by public transport fares increasing. A State of Emergency was issued. • 2019 – October 20–22: Riots in
Borhanuddin, Bangladesh due to an allegedly offensive
Facebook post sent by a hacker. 4 dead. • 2019 – November 16–18: 8 killed, dozens injured in political riots in
Bolivia • 2019 – November 25: Brawl between hundreds of knife yielding youths turned into violent riots a movie theater in
Birmingham, United Kingdom. Tasers were used to stop rioters, 4 rioters were arrested and 7 policemen were injured. • 2019 – December 20–26: Prison riots in
Honduras, 37 killed.
2020s 2020 • 2020 – January 13–present:
Riots against the ratification of the omnibus law on the Job Creation Law were still happening in various regions in
Indonesia, until Thursday (8/10/2020). Many of the actions carried out by workers and students ended in chaos. Some burned tires, damaged police cars, and knocked down government office gates. • 2020 – February–Ongoing:
Riots in Thailand demanded the resignation of Prime Minister
Prayuth Chan-ocha and the right to rule
King Maha Vajiralongkorn. • 2020 – February 3–5: Riots in
Lesbos, Greece, violent clashes between
Afghan migrants and the
Greek Police. Overcrowded refugee camps have been blamed for triggering the riots. • 2020 – February 23-March 1:
North East Delhi riots in India, 53 killed. • 2020 – March 9: In the town of
Novi Sanzhary in Ukraine, people started rioting due to the fear that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to kill the population. • 2020 – March 10: About 50 inmates escaped from Italian prisons as the
coronavirus triggered riots and brought the country's criminal-justice system to a halt. • 2020 – March 11:
Ohio: Riot breaks out following a university's announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID-19. • 2020 – March 13: In
Italy, riots erupted in almost 50 prisons this month, leaving 13 inmates dead and 59 guards injured. Authorities said the inmates died of drug overdoses after raiding a prison infirmary. • 2020 – March 18: Riots rock overcrowded
Lebanon prisons over coronavirus fears. • 2020 – March 21: In
Israel, riots erupts after police limit entrance to Temple Mount. • 2020 – March 23: Prison riots in
Colombia following
COVID-19 panic. 23 killed. • 2020 – March 25: Prison riots break out across
Argentina sparked by anger over conditions and coronavirus fears. • 2020 – March 25: A migrant-detention facility in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas experienced a series of riots committed by hundreds of foreign nationals. • 2020 – March 26: Prisoners Riot in
Luxembourg Amid Restrictions on Visitors. Luxembourg's main prison erupted in violence overnight after about 25 inmates started rioting, forcing several police units to intervene. • 2020 – April 11: Prison riot in
Siberia, Russia, prison set ablaze. • 2020 – April 12: Prison riot in
Manado, Indonesia. • 2020 – May 24 – Ongoing:
Riots in Belarus broke out after
Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election, the results of which were criticized amid allegations of fraud. • 2020 – May 26, 2020 – May 26, 2021:
Nationwide riots in the
United States, after
the police killing of an unarmed black man in
Minneapolis,
George Floyd, during arrest by a police officer placing his knee on the victim's neck. Protesters and the police clashed for several days, leaving at least 30 dead in or near riot or protest zones. Numerous incidents of property destruction and arson attacks took place during the rioting. • 2020 – June 7:
Black Lives Matter demonstration developed into a riot in Gothenburg. 36 people were charged with crimes included rioting, sabotage and assaulting police officers. • 2020 – June 11–17:
2020 Dijon riots • 2020 – June 20–21:
2020 Stuttgart riot, where hundreds of people fought police and looted shops in Stuttgart after police investigated a 17-year-old for narcotics,
Germany after police investigated an incident involving drugs. A dozen police were injured. • 2020 – 29 July 4:
Riots in
Ethiopia over the death of a
musician, 81 people killed. • 2020 – July 7: The crowd was annoyed by President
Aleksandar Vučić's announcement to impose a weekend curfew to eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic that led to
riots in Serbia. • 2020 – July 24: Riots in
Satbayev, Kazakhstan, violent mob tried to lynch a man who was suspected of raping a 5-year-old girl resulted in homes and police cars being damaged, police injured and 4 arrests. • 2020 – August 4 – September 16, 2021: Riots in
Beirut, Lebanon following the
2020 Beirut explosions. • 2020 – August 12:
Riots in Bangalore, India, 3 rioters killed in police firing. • 2020 – August 23–September 1:
Riots in Kenosha Wisconsin, Sparked by the police shooting of
Jacob Blake. • 2020 – August 23–October 16:
Riots in Libya. • 2020 – August 29:
Riots in Malmö, Sweden: about 300 people rioted in the
Rosengård of Malmö. The unrest broke out at 1900 in the evening after activists from the Danish
Hard Line party had burned a
Quran during the afternoon and posted a film of their manifestation on social media. Swedish authorities had earlier denied Hard Line party leader
Rasmus Paludan a permit to hold a demonstration featuring the burning of the Quran and he was stopped at the border. The rioters set fire to property and attacked police officers and police vehicle with rocks while chanting antisemitic slogans. • 2020 – September 25:
DR Congo jail riots, mass rape of at least 25 women committed by rioting inmates who broke free from the jail, while around 20 people died of the initiated violence before the situation was brought under control. • 2020 – October 25: Riots in Nigeria, at least 12 people killed. • 2020 – October 26–November 4: Riots in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sparked by the police shooting of
Walter Wallace Jr. • 2020 – October 29: Prison riots in
Herat, Afghanistan, 8 inmates killed during the violence. • 2020 – December 7–9: Riots in
Indonesia by followers of Islamist religious leader
Rizieq Shihab. Six rioters killed in police firing.
2021 • January 6: Supporters of President
Donald Trump attacked the United States Capitol in
Washington, D.C., in an
attempt to overturn the results of the
2020 presidential election. 4 rioters were killed. • January 13: On Wednesday 13 January a protest condemning the death of African 23-year-old Ibrahim B during a police arrest the preceding Saturday turned into rioting and a police station in the
Schaerbeek area of Brussels was set afire. The motorcade of king
Philippe of Belgium was briefly caught in the incident. • January 23–26:
2021 Dutch curfew riots. After the introduction of a
curfew in reaction to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, riots broke out in several cities and towns throughout the
Netherlands around the time (21:00) the curfew went into effect for multiple days in a row. • February 25: Prison riots in
Haiti during a jail break led by gang leader Arnel Joseph, at least 25 killed. • March 19–29:
2021 Bangladesh anti-Modi protests, 17 dead, around 500 injured. • March 21–29: Riots in
Bristol, England, at least 25 arrested. • March 31 – April 9:
Riots in Northern Ireland are caused by tensions relating to a post-
Brexit arrangement introducing a sea border. Hostilities further escalated by the refusal of the
Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland to prosecute a Sinn Féin member for attending an illegal funeral. • April 12: Riots in
Montreal in Canada due to COVID-19 curfews imposed by the Quebec government, damage occurred in Old Montreal • April 13: Riots in
North Portland in the US, arson attack at PPA, one arrest. • April 17: Coal power plant workers riot in
Chittagong, Bangladesh, 5 workers killed, 15 injured in police firing. • April 23: Riots in
Jerusalem, Israel, at least 32 injured. • April 24–25: Anti COVID-19 lockdown riots in
London, 5 arrested. • May 8–10: Anti COVID-19 lockdown riots in
Alberta, Canada, some of the protesters arrested. • May 21: Riots between Jews and Arabs at
al-Aqsa mosque in Israel following the ceasefire to the
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, 15 injured. • June 4–5:
Solhan and Tadaryat massacres, in
Burkina Faso, at least 160 killed. • June 18–19: Rioting and violent clashes between
Proud Boys and
Antifa members in
Oregon City,
Oregon, US, over opposing views. • July 9–18:
July 2021 South African Riots, 337 dead, over 3000 arrested. • July 15, 2021 – September 15, 2022:
2021–2022 Iranian protests • July 24–25: Anti-COVID lockdown riots occur throughout Australia, most prominently in Sydney, resulting in injuries and many arrests. • August 15: Riots outside the
Los Angeles City Hall, one person stabbed. • August 15–19: Riots in
Meghalaya, India. Violent clashes were reported in the region. • August 21: Anti-COVID lockdown riots occur again throughout Australia, most prominently in Melbourne, but also in Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth; resulting in injuries to both rioters and police officers and many arrests. • September 29–30: Two days of prison riots in
Ecuador, at least 116 prisoners killed, some reportedly beheaded. • October 3–9:
Lakhimpur Kheri massacre and subsequent riotings in India. Riots begun after an Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State
Ajay Mishra Teni drove a truck over protesting Farmers killing eight (8) of them, resulting in violent clashes erupting in the region for seven days.The riots ended after Ashish Mishra was arrested on October 9 late evening. • October 21–31: Ten day violent rioting in Pakistan, at least seven police officers and four demonstrators were killed and many injured on both sides during the rioting initiated by the outlawed far-right
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, that ended after the Pakistan government reached an agreement with them on October 31. • November 19: Police fired tear gas to quell an anti-government protest against deteriorating economic conditions and rising cost of living in
Malawi. Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of the southern commercial hub of Blantyre, calling on President Lazarus Chakwera's administration to take immediate steps to rein in soaring prices and unemployment. The protesters set tires on fire and blocked roads to bring traffic to a halt in parts of the city, and also torched a police post in Blantyre's central business district. • November 19–21:
Anti-lockdown riots in The Netherlands, most noticeably in
Rotterdam, which started off as protests against the new COVID-19 restrictions. Multiple rioters and police were injured including 4 rioters shot by police. 173 have been arrested • November 24: During the
2021 Solomon Islands unrest, Police in
Solomon Islands have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of protesters, who allegedly burned down a building in the parliament precinct, a police station and a store in the nation's capital of Honiara, amid reports of looting. The protesters marched on the parliamentary precinct in the east of
Honiara, where they allegedly set fire to a leaf hut next to Parliament House. The protesters were demanding the prime minister,
Manasseh Sogavare step down. Many of the protesters come from
Malaita province, the most populous province in the country whose provincial government has had tense relations with the central government for years. The tensions between the provincial and national government intensified in 2019 when Sogavare announced that
Solomon Islands would switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China, to the chagrin of Malaita premier Daniel Suidani. • December 25–29: Riots in
Kerala, India, clashes between migrant workers started during Christmas evening, who also attacked the police and set police van on fire around 160 migrant workers connected to the violence arrested. The mass arrest drive ended on the early morning of December 28, while police patrolling continued till December 29 and the situation was finally brought under control.
2022 • January 2–11:
2022 Kazakh unrest which include rioting and other acts of vandalism and numerous deaths. • March 9–November 14:
2022 Sri Lankan protests, violent protests, including rioting due to
Sri Lankan economic collapse. • March 9– April 10:
2022 Corsica unrest. • April 19: Riots in
New Market, Dhaka, Bangladesh leave 1 dead, 50 injured. • July 27–31:
Iraq parliament protest and siege, Protesters besiege the Iraqi parliament in support of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, over 100 injured. • August 27–28: Violent clashes in
Tripoli, lead to at least 32 deaths. • August 28-September 19: the
2022 Leicester unrest, a series of riots and street fights between members of the Hindu and Muslim communities. • September 16: Anti-monarchy protests against King
Charles III of the United Kingdom turned into violent rioting forcing police to crackdown on the protesters and calming the situation. • September 16–2023:
Mahsa Amini protests in
Iran. • October 1–2: Two day
rioting in
Indonesia following a football match. 129 killed. • October 19–24: Ethnic clashes lead to violent rioting in
Sudan, at least 220 killed. • October 20–26:
Riots in Chad lead to at least 60 deaths. • October 25: More than 30 people killed in tribal fighting in
Papua New Guinea. • November 12:
Riots in
Southeast Maluku killed two people and injured dozens more. • November 27–29: Three day rioting in Belgium, following their 2-0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat to Morocco. On November 29 the situation calmed after the mayor of
Brussels increased police presence. • December 6–7: Minor rioting across Spain, following Spain's 3–0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat on penalties to Morocco. • December 11–12: Violent clashes between the
Taliban and Pakistan forces lead to 8 deaths. • December 13–14: The killing of a teenager by the police in Greece triggers massive rioting in
Athens on December 13. After a massive arrest drive by the police on December 14 the situation was brought under control. • December 14–15: Riots in French cities such as
Montpellier and
Paris after Morocco's 2–0
2022 FIFA World Cup defeat to France. There were also clashes between French and Moroccan fans which resulted in the death of a 14-year-old boy. • December 24–26:
Kurds riot in
Paris after the
2022 Paris shooting.
2023 • January 21:
2023 Atlanta anti-police riot, protest turned violent, attacking businesses and burning an
Atlanta Police Department vehicle. • February 23:
2023 Wamena riot: 12 people were killed when a crowd of Papuans was angered by rumors of a child being kidnapped. • March 1–22:
Tempi train crash protests • March 16–19:
2023 Paris riots • April 5:
2023 Al-Aqsa clashes, rioting by Palestinians and clashes between Palestinians and
Israeli police. 14 injured. • May 3–Ongoing:
2023 Manipur violence in India, over 70 people killed during the violent ethnic rioting as of May 17, 2023. • March 14–May 12:
Riots in Pakistan at least 47 killed, over 5000 arrested. • June 20:
Támara prison riot, at least 41 killed. • June 27-July 15:
Nahel M. riots in France, after the death of a 17-year-old boy by a police officer. • July 31-August 8:
2023 Haryana riots in India, after an organized Muslim mob attacked a Hindu religious procession for allegedly including
cow vigilante Monu Manesar. However the attendance of Monu Manesar in the procession was later proven to be a false rumor to initiate the violence. • August 4:
2023 Union Square riot ensues after
Twitch streamer
Kai Cenat holds giveaway at
Union Square in New York City. • August 8–9: 5 people killed in rioting in
Cape Town, South Africa. • August 9: Riots in Greece by
Croatian football fans and their subsequent arrest. • August 21–23: Riots in
Derbyshire, England surrounding a
Kabaddi event. Knife attacks and gun shots were reported. 3 injured, 4 arrested. • November 6–7: Two day riots in
Los Angeles, US; after altercation while two sides rallied over conflicting opinion regarding the
Gaza war, 1 dead. • November 23–24:
Riots in
Dublin, Ireland in the evening following a stabbing incident outside of a school in Dublin. 34 arrested. • December 9: Violent rioting between gang members and villagers in
Central Mexico, at least 14 dead.
2024 • January 10–19:
Riots in
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea after
James Marape's
tax deduction announcement. At least 15 dead. • January 25–February 15: Violence and riots circling the
2024 Pakistani general election leaves over 30 dead. • February 10–13: 5 dead in violence following the destruction of an allegedly illegal
madrasa in
Uttarakhand, India. • February 19: 64 killed in
Papua New Guinea tribal rioting. • March 21: Over 40 killed in violent rioting between farmers and hearders in Chad. • March 30: Riots in Mexico following the killing of an eight-year-old girl by a woman. • April 9: Three
Tanzanian soldiers were killed in violence in eastern
Congo. • April 14: Pre-poll rioting in
Sikkim, India; political candidate's house attacked. • April 15:
Wakeley church riot. Rioting in
Wakeley (a western suburb of
Sydney),
New South Wales, Australia; outside of a church where a bishop was stabbed during a sermon being livestreamed. • April 30: 23 dead in violent rioting over cattle theft in
South Sudan. • May 13:
2024 New Caledonia unrest • May 17–22: Violent clashes and attack on Pakistani students by mob in
Kyrgyzstan force over 3000 students to flee back to Pakistan. At least four of the students had been killed. • June 1: Violent clashes related to the Lok Sabha election erupt between
TMC and
BJP workers in West Bengal, India; several injured. • June 18–8 August:
Kenya Finance Bill protests. • June 25:
Storming of the Kenyan Parliament by protestors. Over 23 people dead and hundreds missing. Few days later bodies discovered dumped allegedly of missing protestors. • July 18:
Harehills riot • 1 July-5 August:
July Revolution in Bangladesh, 1500+ killed. • 30 July-5 August:
Riots across many cities in the
United Kingdom by the political
right. • November 7:
November 2024 Amsterdam riots, relating to a match between
AFC Ajax and
Maccabi Tel Aviv amidst the backdrop of the
Gaza war. • November 21–27: Riots between Sunnis and Shias in Pakistan leave over 80 dead. • December 2: Around 100 killed in riots surrounding a football match in
Guinea. • December 24–25: 21 killed in post-election violent rioting in
Mozambique, part of larger
2024–2025 Mozambican protests. The opposition urged for calm on December 25, ending the two day riotings.
2025 • February 6: 80+ killed in violence in Southern
Sudan. • February 8–9: Riots in
Gazipur, Bangladesh. • March 17: Riots in
Nagpur, India over the removal of tomb of Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb. • March 9–Ongoing:
2025 Nepalese pro-monarchy protests. • May 25:
May 2025 Paris riots • June 6+:
2025 Los Angeles anti-ICE riots • July 14+:
Torre-Pacheco unrest in
Torre-Pacheco, Spain. • 16 July: Four people are killed in
an attack by the banned
Awami League on a convoy carrying leaders of the
National Citizen Party that led to rioting in
Gopalganj. • September 8: Riots in Kathmandu, Nepal after a ban on social media as well as bringing light to the corruption during
KP Sharma Oli's regime. At least 19+ killed, 345+ injured. Curfew imposed to prevent further violence. • December 28:
2025–2026 Iranian protests (December 28, 2025 – January 2026): Nationwide protests sparked by economic grievances and the collapse of the rial. The unrest spread to over 180 cities, resulting in a severe government crackdown and an internet blackout starting January 8, 2026. ==See also==