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LA protests: How city erupted over rumours of hardware store raid

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Rumours of immigration raids at a Home Depot in Los Angeles sparked by rumours that day labourers had been rounded up and arrested.

The store is a place where undocumented immigrants go to find work.

But rumours of raids at the store were misinformation, according to the US Department of Homeland Security .

Protests erupted in this Hispanic -majority city, turning violent as rocks and Molotov cocktails were thrown.

DHS says 118 illegal immigrants have been arrested in the Los Angeles area this week , including five gang members.

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semi-formal

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English

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