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updates for croydon peepshttp://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/topstories/9183466.LIVE__Riot_fallout_hits_Croydon/

19.54pm: Croydon Guardian reporter Peter Truman has filed from the scene:The streets around West Croydon station are in complete lockdown.Swarms of youths in hoods and masks are confronting the police from every junction to London Road.Bricks, bottles and sticks were thrown at the police line, who are armed with batons and riot shields.Tactical support, in full riot gear, are also on the scene.The police have set up a sterile zone between the Fox and Hounds pub and North End.West Croydon station has been shut.BBC Travel alert is reporting buses across London Road have been stopped and London Tramlink is suspended between Reeves Corner and East Croydon.
7.45pm:One petrified motorist warned drivers to avoid the stretch of London Road leading up to West Croydon station as gangs of marauding youths in balaclavas were attacking cars.The female motorist was driving to pick her dad up from work to avoid any trouble when she drove past the junction of Sumner Road and London Road.She said: "Everyone should avoid London Road towards West Croydon station. There were gangs of youths with hoodies and balaclavas trying to open car doors as they went past."One gentleman hadn't locked his car and they tried to get in but he managed to drive away."Another car crashed as he swerved to avoid another vehicle. It is very dangerous down here and my heart is still thumping from the experience."
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