Luke Cleary ride-out: Seven arrests after fireworks thrown

Floral tributes and balloons were placed at the scene of the fatal crash

Seven people have been arrested after police officers were hurt when fireworks were thrown at a ride-out in memory of a teenage motorcyclist.

Due to safety fears, people were urged by police not to go to the event on Sunday in Coventry, held following the death of 19-year-old Luke Cleary.

But large numbers attended and "pockets of disorder" broke out in the Longford Road area.

The seven people, aged between 15 and 48, were arrested on Wednesday.

They have been held on suspicion of affray and vehicle offences, and remain in custody.

Three suspected stolen bikes have also been recovered, detectives said.

Several bikes have been recovered by police which they suspect have been stolen

Det Insp Stew Lewis said there was "absolutely no justification" for the behaviour on Sunday.

"The footage we have seen so far shows fireworks being hurled at police vans and into the air where members of the public could have got injured," he added.