Ely riots: A timeline of events

Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, died in the incident on Monday evening while riding an electric bike.

Here is a timeline of events:

– May 22

– 17:59.40: CCTV footage shows the electric bike being ridden along Frank Road in Ely and travelling towards a marked police van. The bike then turns around.

– 18:00.52: Further CCTV taken from a camera on a property in Frank Road and shared on social media shows the bike being followed by the police van. The vehicle’s blue lights or sirens were not illuminated.

(PA Graphics)

– 18:01.18: The police van is at New Ely Church roundabout and travels down Archer Road, Stanway Road and turns left into Howell Road.

– 18:02.31: The van turns on to Grand Avenue.

– Between 18:02.17 and 18:02.41: The fatal road traffic collision occurs in Snowden Road. At the time of the collision the police van is in Grand Avenue – half a mile away from the crash scene.

– 18:06.59: The police van is on Cowbridge Road West when it receives information about a road traffic collision. Officers turn on the blue lights and head to Snowden Road.

– By 9pm: South Wales Police make a public appeal asking people to avoid the Ely area and to avoid speculation.

– 11.13pm: Police post on social media they “responded to this collision, which had already occurred when officers arrived”.

– May 23:

– Midnight: Belinda Sullivan, the mother of Kyrees, posts on Facebook, appealing for calm and saying her son’s body was still on the side of the road.

– 2.40am: The teenagers’ bodies are removed from the scene of the collision.

Tributes left for two teenagers in Ely, Cardiff (PA)

– Between 3am and 3.30am: Rioters are finally dispersed.

– Morning: Alun Michael, the police and crime commissioner for South Wales, gives media interviews and denies there had been a “police chase”.

– 5pm: At a press conference the police admit they were following the boys down Frank Road minutes before the crash after CCTV footage of the pursuit was published by media outlets.