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The Cardiff Ely Bread Riots or Petrol Riots refer to the outbreak of racially motivated violence that occurred in the council suburb of Ely in the Welsh capital of Cardiff during July 1991.

Rising racial tensions on the estate of Ely came to a head reported to have been initiated by a dispute between two shopkeepers, one white and one Asian, who had started to sell bread and put the other out of business. The riots escalated on Wilson Road, a grocery road in Ely and was fueled by high unemployment and crime ^[1].

Police forces, riot squads and fire services from all across the Vale of Glamorgan were called in the keep the outbreak at bay. The event made the UK news headlines for two days running which only helped to fuel the outbreak of violence. For many residents of Ely, the disorder was only experienced via the news as it only affected a restricted area of the district.

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• Brief at www.south-wales.police.uk

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