Police making "clear progress" in Bristol riots investigation
Two more people have been arrested
Last updated 24th Mar 2021
Police have arrested a further two people, a 20-year-old man and another man refusing to provide details, in connection with Sunday's rioting in Bristol, taking the total number of arrests made to 9.
Avon and Somerset Police's investigation now includes officers looking into assaults of 40 police officers and one member of the media.
The force has launched a dedicated form for members of the public to supply evidence which has so far received 210 submissions and 68 calls to their control room.
Chief Superintendent Carolyn Belafonte said: “As we said from the outset, this will be a substantial investigation which has the potential to be one of the largest in our history.
“The fact we’re investigating 40 assaults on officers and a member of the media as the result of one incident shows the scale of wanton disorder which took place that night.
“Through painstaking work to examine more than two terabytes worth of digital footage, we believe we’re making clear progress to identify those responsible and anticipate further images will be released soon to the online gallery we’ve set up.
“One of the people we believe we’ve already identified is a suspect in the fire which destroyed a mobile community police station.
“We’d like to thank every member of the public who’s got in touch to provide footage, information or to pass on their well-wishes and kind thoughts.”
Images of people officers want to speak to in connection with Sunday's rioting have been released which you can see in the gallery below:
