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Tim Hanlon & Jon Brady

CCTV shows police 'followed e-bike moments before crash that killed boys'

Police in Wales are to examine CCTV footage that appears to show a police van following an electric bike moments before two teenagers were killed in a crash that sparked riots.

The Mirror reports that best friends Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, both died in the crash on the battery-powered bike on Snowden Road in Ely, a housing estate south of Cardiff. The deaths were met with outrage and turned the area into what locals called an "absolute war zone".

Vehicles were overturned and torched as a reported 150-plus youths scrapped with police. South Wales Police said 15 officers were injured in the battles.

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