© national pictures/Nick EdwardsPointing: EDL members clash with Metropolitan Police officers during their protest in south-east London
- EDL supporters wearing balaclavas waved flags and chanted
- Riot police with shields stood guard before dispersing group
- 'Knife-carrying' man arrested over suspected arson at Braintree mosque
- Man held over suspected criminal damage 'revenge' attack at Kent mosque
Many were draped in St George's flags and wore black balaclavas with the EDL logo on.
Riot police holding shields formed a cordon around the area as the EDL members waved flags and chanted 'no surrender to the Muslim scum', 'Rule Britannia' and 'England'.
EDL leader Stephen Lennon - who goes by the name Tommy Robinson - addressed the crowd, saying: 'We have got weak leadership. They have allowed this to happen. People are scared to say the word Muslim. They are scared to offend them.
'You know what? We are offended. People in this country are angry. They have had enough.'
They marched threw bottles at police before being dispersed by officers by 11pm.
A number of EDL supporters then headed to the local Queen's Arms pub where they sang nationalistic songs.
Onlookers said a brick was thrown through a mosque window during the march.
© PAFar-Right: EDL leader Stephen Lennon, who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, (left) with EDL supporters outside The Queens Arms pub in Woolwich
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said he was not aware of any arrests at the protest.
Elsewhere, two men were arrested in separate alleged 'revenge attacks' on mosques following yesterday's killing.
A 43-year-old man who reportedly walked into a mosque in Braintree, Essex, with up to two knives and an 'incendiary device' was arrested at 7.15pm on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and attempted arson.
The man reportedly shouted 'Where is your Allah now?!' after bursting into the mosque and throwing an item which appeared to be a smoke grenade.
The secretary of the Al Falah Braintree Islamic Centre, Sikander Saleemy, told Channel 4 News: 'The police said it's too early to try and link it to what happened in Woolwich, but those of us who were here feel that it was some sort of revenge attack.
'It was clear from the man's behaviour. We absolutely condemn what happened in Woolwich, but it had nothing to do with us.
'It was an appalling act of terror - but it wasn't "Islamic" in any way. I wish it wasn't described like that, because sadly people will now start to blame Muslims.'
'Local mosque in Braintree attacked by man with knives and incendiary device. Man arrested. No one injured'
Brooks Newmark, Braintree MP
It was reported the man started banging on the door at 7.25pm, shortly before evening prayer, shouting 'I want to slit your throats'.
According to Mr Saleemy, only one worshipper was inside and he escaped through a window onto the roof.
Brooks Newmark, the local MP who reported the incident on his Twitter account, said: 'We cannot allow acts like that to drive us apart.'
And police in Kent arrested a man on suspicion of racially-aggravated criminal damage at a mosque in Gillingham at 8.40pm.
It is believed a glass-fronted bookcase and a window were smashed during the incident.
Another mosque on south east London high street was vandalised overnight and eggs were thrown at the door.
Police stood guard at the Lewisham Islamic Centre this morning, reassuring worshippers and visitors.
The centre contains a primary school and Islamic bookshop as well as the mosque.
Elsewhere: Separately, Kent Police officers were called to a report of criminal damage at a Gillingham mosque
More than 200 miles away in Bolton, Greater Manchester, a mosque was covered in graffiti by vandals in the hours following the Woolwich attack.
Phrases including 'Islam = evil' and 'terrorist training camp' were daubed on the outside of the mosque in red spray paint, while a nearby car had similar graffiti and the words 'terrorists inside' sprayed on.
Abdul Rauf, secretary of the Masjid Usman mosque, said the community was worried about further incidents.
He said: 'It has been a massive shock. Nothing like this has ever happened at the mosque before. We are all upset and we don't know if something else might happen.
'We discovered the graffiti when we came to open this morning and rang the police straight away.
'The incident in London is nothing to with our mosque or Muslims in this country. I know people are upset but they should not target local Muslims.'
Speaking in Downing Street today, Prime Minister David Cameron said: 'We will defeat violent extremism by standing together, by backing our police and security services and above all by challenging the poisonous narrative of extremism on which this violence feeds.'
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