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Rolling coverage of the third night of violent disturbances in London, with arson and looting reported at several locations across the capital.

The Country Club Plaza area was awash with pepper spray Saturday night as police struggled to disperse a rowdy gathering of hundreds of young people. At least one person was reported with a serious head injury about 11:20 p.m. in the parking lot outside Winstead’s restaurant. It wasn’t immediately clear how the person was injured. The victim was taken to nearby St. Luke’s Hospital. Several dozen police officers spent much of the evening attempting to disperse large crowds — totaling an estimated 500 to 1,000 people — that gathered at various spots in the shopping district. Police at times used...

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