What is 2005 Cronulla riots?
[[File:Cronulla riots 3 - police.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Police watching the [[crowd]]s before the riots]] The '''2005 Cronulla riots''' were a series of violent events between [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] and white [[Australia]]n [[wikt:mob|mobs]]. [[Riot]]s started in and around [[Cronulla, New South Wales|Cronulla]], a [[suburb]] on the [[beach]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]'s biggest [[city]]. The violence was soon also in other [[suburb]]s around Sydney. The riots happened on 11, 12 and 14 December. Many people committed crimes there. Several people were sent to [[prison]] for being involved in the riot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20636101-5001021,00.html |title=Cronulla riot thug locked away |publisher=www.news.com.au |access-date=2009-04-28 |last=Kamper |first=Angela |archive-date=2008-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121954/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20636101-5001021,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Casualties== Around 50 Arabs were killed == References == {{reflist}} {{history-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cronulla riots, 2005}} [[Category:2005 crimes]] [[Category:2000s in Sydney]] [[Category:2000s riots]] [[Category:2000s crimes in Australia]]