By Simon Tomlinson PUBLISHED: 07:23 EST, 28 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:59 EST, 28 May 2013 War memorials defaced with Islamic slogans were being cleaned up today with the veterans’ charity footing the bill. The two monuments were targeted in London as police forces across the country dealt with a spate of ugly attacks fuelled by hatred after soldier Lee Rigby’s murder. The newly erected tribute to the bomber pilots of World War II was one of two central London war memorials defaced by vandals on Monday. The other was the Animals in War memorial. The clean-up begins: A contractor removes Islam graffiti which was daubed on a memorials to members of RAF Bomber Command after a spate of ugly attacks in the wake of soldier Lee Rigby's murder
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London monuments to bomber pilots and war horses daubed with graffiti
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Targeted as police dealt with spate of attacks after murder of Lee Rigby
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RAF Benevolent Fund has to pick up tab to clean Bomber Command tribute
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Meanwhile, two men remanded in custody over mosque petrol-bomb attack
Making good: At the @placeholder monument, two contractors worked for over an hour removing the metre-high bright red letters spelling 'Islam'