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Social unrest could erupt among the urban poor and marginalised in the West's biggest cities as they lack sources of income amid the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Friday...
"This is a social bomb that can explode at any moment, because they don't have any way to have an income," said Rocca, whose Geneva-based agency also deploys volunteers in hard-hit Spain and France.
He said the largest Western cities could see these problems emerge "in a few weeks".
Pandemic could spark unrest among West's urban poor - Red Cross aid agency
Overnight rioting and fire in Newburgh, NY
"A fire was burning at the intersection of First and Carpenter streets in the City of Newburgh about midnight Saturday. Tensions ran high in the city Friday evening after police said an armed man was shot and killed by a police officer, and an officer was shot, during an incident on William Street."
Overnight rioting and fire in Newburgh (with video)
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
"Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons."
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
Social unrest could erupt among the urban poor and marginalised in the West's biggest cities as they lack sources of income amid the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Friday...
"This is a social bomb that can explode at any moment, because they don't have any way to have an income," said Rocca, whose Geneva-based agency also deploys volunteers in hard-hit Spain and France.
He said the largest Western cities could see these problems emerge "in a few weeks".
Pandemic could spark unrest among West's urban poor - Red Cross aid agency
Overnight rioting and fire in Newburgh, NY
"A fire was burning at the intersection of First and Carpenter streets in the City of Newburgh about midnight Saturday. Tensions ran high in the city Friday evening after police said an armed man was shot and killed by a police officer, and an officer was shot, during an incident on William Street."
Overnight rioting and fire in Newburgh (with video)
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
"Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons."
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
