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The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has called on communities not to be divided by the death of Drummer Lee Rigby, after fires at an Islamic centre and an Islamic school.
Fires were started at a community centre in Muswell Hill on Wednesday, and a Chislehurst school on Saturday.
Police say they are treating the two fires as suspicious.
Bernard Hogan-Howe said: "We should not allow the murder of Lee Rigby to come between Londoners".
An increased police presence had been put in place around potentially "vulnerable" locations, he said in a statement.
Increased police presence
"These are difficult times for London's communities," he said.
He said he wanted to reassure people that the police were "using our full range of policing tactics to protect sites that might be vulnerable".
"In all boroughs across London, there is an increased police presence around locations that might be at risk. We will maintain a 24/7 guard of uniformed officers at sites we consider to be at greatest risk," he said.
"We should not allow the murder of Lee Rigby to come between Londoners. The unified response we have seen to his death across all communities will triumph over those who seek to divide us."
Almost 130 pupils and staff were evacuated from Darul Uloom boarding school, in Chislehurst in south-east London, on Saturday.
Firefighters were called to the scene just before midnight. Two men were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke but no others were hurt, police said.
School spokesperson Sayed Mahmood said intruders had been caught on the school's security cameras.
"We are part of the British community and are deeply saddened by the events that have taken place last night," he said.
He said the building had previously been targeted by vandals.
"We urge the community to stay firm and united in bringing the people responsible to justice."
On Wednesday, firefighters were called to the Al-Rahma Islamic Centre, a community centre which was mainly used by children after school, in Muswell Hill, in north London.
The two-storey building caught fire in the early hours of the morning and was brought under control in just over an hour.
Following the fire, police said, the letters "EDL" (English Defence League) were found sprayed on the side of the building.
The blaze prompted local Muslim groups to call for the authorities to take "serious action" over anti-Islam attacks.
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