Cardiff riots: CCTV appears to show police following electric bike before crash

The BBC has verified CCTV footage appearing to amusement a constabulary van pursuing 2 radical connected an electrical motorcycle minutes earlier a fatal clang that sparked a riot successful Cardiff.

BBC Verify analysed the video time-stamped to 17:59 BST connected Monday connected Frank Road successful Ely 900m (2,953ft) distant from the tract of the suspected crash.

It comes aft South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Alun Michael told the BBC that a pursuit did not instrumentality place.

The 2 radical who died person been named locally arsenic Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15.

Cars were acceptable alight and fireworks thrown astatine constabulary arsenic much than 100 radical gathered pursuing the crash.