Rioters have smashed Leeds with sickening violence in the street tonight as an angry mob forced police to flee for their lives.

The raging gangs flipped over a police car in the streets of Harehills, a suburb of the UK northern city.

Footage shared on social media sees gangs of youths punch a police car’s windows and throw objects at it with officers inside, before breaking into the windows while mobs look on and film the carnage.

One man can be seen picking up a child’s scooter and using it to hammer the police car’s windows. The car is eventually flipped by rioters.

Extended footage then shows huge numbers of police officers turn up to try to dispel the raging mob fighting in the street.

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