4 September 2011
English Defence League coach attacked in east London
A coach full of English Defence League supporters was pelted with missiles after it broke down in east London.Full story of the terrorist attack at "BBC"
The coach was carrying 44 EDL members when it stopped in Mile End Road, Tower Hamlets.
About 100 Asian teenagers then pelted it with bricks and stones, according to a BBC reporter at the scene.
Police arrested all 44 EDL supporters, who were travelling from a protest in Aldgate earlier on Saturday. A double decker bus was used to evacuate them.
Police said there had already been one altercation with local youths after the vehicle stopped in Whitechapel Road and some passengers got off the coach.
They got back on board and the coach pulled away - but it later suffered a failure and ground to a halt.
BBC reporter Paraic O' Brien, who was on the scene, said nearly 100 local teenagers then attacked it with missiles.
