Anti-fascists arrested in London protests

LONDON, June 1 (UPI) -- Police in London arrested 58 anti-fascist demonstrators who clashed with British National Party members following the killing of a British soldier.

The leftist protesters cheered as members of their group were handcuffed and loaded onto a red double-decker bus. The arrests came as government officials and relatives of the slain Lee Rigby called for calm in a country rocked by the soldier's death.

Rigby was run down and then hacked to death on a street in London's Woolwich section by two men of African descent who remained at the scene shouting pro-Islamist slogans.

The BNP has staged protests against Britain's immigration policies in the wake of Rigby's death, though The Independent reported far-right protesters were heavily outnumbered by those carrying signs reading "Say No to Islamaphobia" and "Smash the BNP."