EDL members stabbed on Edgware Road, London after 9/11 clashes

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Police Forensic team erect screen around the crime scene

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Police Forensic team and Police Medic erect screen around the crime scene

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Senior officers survey the site of the stabbing

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The crime scence in front of JD Wetherspoon

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On a day which saw commemoratons of 9/11, members of the EDL clashed with supporters of Muslims Against Crusades (MAC). Later in the evening two EDL members were stabbed by Muslim youths according to initial reports outside the JD Wetherspoon pub.

There were counter protests by the EDL and Muslims against crusades at Grosvenor Square in London. At one point Mayor of London Boris Johnson and his wife got caught up in the trouble as they walked past the MAC protest. Police later tried to disperse the protests by moving MAC along in a police "bubble".Trouble flared at Marble Arch as they were confronted by the EDL. Fights broke out along Edgware Road as Muslims against Crusades were being escorted by police.
Police outside the JD Wetherspoon pub confirmed two EDL members were stabbed and whilst i was at the scene of the incident detectives and a forensic team were securing the site.

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Joe O'Brien

London, United Kingdom, Europe

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EDLnews.co.uk is saying this

Submitted by ChrisH on Tue, 13/09/2011 - 13:59.

EDLnews.co.uk is saying this event didn't happen.The author of this article, Joe O Brien, says he got confirmation from the policeman outside the pub.

So, which is correct?

Gosh that is terrible. I hope

Submitted by ChrisH on Mon, 12/09/2011 - 14:19.

Gosh that is terrible. I hope the people who were stabbed are okay.

The people who stabbed them need to be caught and jailed very quickly.

I do generally dislike the EDL, as they are loads of white nationalists who go to be racist. There might be a handful who are protesting radical Islam and don't hate coloured people. Were these guys actually being racist or were they being critical Islam? Either way, nothing justifies stabbing.

Reminds me of the incident where some lunatic stabbed Theo Van Gogh for being critical of Islam. He wasn't racist - he made a documentary about the treatment of women.

I hate racists, and even if these guys were skinheads I wouldn't want to see them hurt like this; it's disgusting and barbaric. They could have died.

I hope the forensics / CCTV can find the attackers. Hopefully, there's a decent chance.