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massive riot broke out in Chicago, USA overnight, in which cars broke the doors of luxury stores and looted them in the middle of the city. Chicago's largest shopping street quickly turned into a lawless world, leading to police and firefights.

Correspondent Kim Jong-won reports in New York.

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Chicago's largest downtown and shopping street, the Magnificent Mile, turned into a lawless world overnight.

People who ran around luxury stores and stole goods, even car shops, were robbed.

Attacks on the police also followed.

[David Brown/Chicago Police Commissioner: Chicago police arrested more than 100 suspects for looting and rioting overnight. 13 police officers were injured in the process.]

This riot, which took place in the middle of the night before dawn on Monday, was initiated by SNS.

The day before, after the police had a gunfight with a suspect who fired a gun, articles about gathering in the city center were posted on social media, and people gathered in no time.

[Lory Lightfoot/Chicago Mayor: Let me clarify, this case has nothing to do with the constitutional freedom of expression. What happened downtown is just an obvious criminal offense. It is clear that anyone who participates in this riot will be punished without exception.]

In Chicago, the number of gun crimes in the month of July reached a record high in the last 10 years.