Washington, May 3 (IANS) Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of the US city of Baltimore on Sunday lifted a city-wide curfew which had been in effect since Tuesday.
“Effective immediately, I have rescinded my order instituting a city-wide curfew,” Rawlings-Blake announced on her Twitter account.
Protests over the death of African-American man Freddie Gray, 25, culminated in rioting and looting late on Monday, hours after Gray’s funeral.
According to Baltimore police, up to 144 cars and 15 structures were set ablaze on Monday night, while dozens of stores were looted.
Baltimore officials had previously planned to keep the week-long 10 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew in place through Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported. However, protests since Monday’s rioting have been peaceful and the state prosecutor’s announcement to charge the six officers involved in Gray’s death on Friday also helped to ease tensions in the city.