Sony’s DADC Facility “Burned to the Ground” in London Riots

The ongoing riots that have swept London has resulted in the destruction of Sony’s DADC (Digital Audio Disc Corporation) facility.

A source for the BBC has confirmed that the warehouse was set on fire, after looters fled the scene carrying Sony products. No injuries have been reported.

The multi-story, 20,000 square meter facility that is situated in Innova Park, in the Enfield area of the Capital, is where many European games, DVD’s, CD’s, and Blu-Ray Disks get pressed and packaged, before being sent out to distribution warehouses. And as a result, may potentially delay the production and therefore release of such products in the area.

Sony spokesperson, Yoko Yasukochi said:

There will likely be some impact on deliveries. We cannot determine the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage yet because it’s not possible to enter the building.

Sony has just confirmed that an investigation is now underway.

The violent disorder began in the late evening of Saturday last week, after the peaceful protest over the fatal shooting by police of 29-year-old Mark Duggan. It is reported that Duggan was stopped in a Taxi cab by police, under Operation Trident, which investigates gun crime in London’s African and Caribbean communities. The inquest has heard that the father of four died of a single bullet wound to the chest, after an apparent exchange of fire with specialist firearms officers, who attempted to carry out an arrest. Current investigations confirm that an illegal firearm was recovered from the scene in Ferry Lane, Tottenham, north London. An investigation is still ongoing.

Over 450 people have been arrested in the riots.

Metropolitan Police has declared the violence in London over the last three nights as “the worst in recent memory”.

Numerous celebrities have united on Twitter to condemn the riots, including; Stephen Fry, Piers Morgan, Dame Kelly Holmes, and Justin Bieber.

 

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