LONDON, UK, May 25, 2002: Spiralling violence between gangs in London’s Sri Lankan Tamil community has led to four violent deaths and up to 200 other incidents in the last two years. Commander Richard Bryan, whose patch in north west London has witnessed much of the violence, has set up a cross-London co-ordinating group in an attempt to root out the gang culture. He said: “The vast majority of the Tamil community in London are law-abiding and want to get on with their lives in peace but a significant minority represent a problem which needs to be addressed.” The UN estimates 917,000 people have left Sri Lanka since 1993 and many of the diaspora have come to Britain. A similar gang problem in the Tamil community in Toronto has subsided after aggressive police intervention.
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