On the afternoon of 22 May 2013 , a British Army soldier , Fusilier Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , was attacked Attack and killed Killing by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich , southeast London .

The following days saw similar scenes in other parts of London , with the worst rioting Violence taking place Process_start in Hackney , Brixton , Walthamstow , Peckham , Enfield , Battersea , Croydon , Ealing , Barking , Woolwich , Lewisham and East Ham .

A similar bomb to those used in Guildford , with the addition of shrapnel , was thrown Motion into the Kings Arms pub in Woolwich on 7 November 1974 .