total of 888 people have been arrested over violence, disorder and looting in London, and 371 have been charged, police have said.

The figures include two boys of 17 and a man of 18 arrested over an arson attack which destroyed a Sony warehouse in Enfield, north London, on Monday.

Two other boys aged 17 were arrested over looting in Sloane Square and Pimlico, also on Monday night.

Up to 16,000 officers were on duty across the capital on Wednesday night.

'Huge drain'
It was a relatively calm night, with the exception of an incident in Eltham, south-east London, where officers were pelted with missiles by a group of people. Officers rounded up about 150 men.

The Met said the group had been dispersed by 22:00 BST. Some local residents were out on the streets claiming to be defending the area from rioters.

The number of police officers across the capital was increased from 6,000 to 16,000 on Tuesday after the violence escalated on Monday.

The increased number of officers will be out in London for a third night before the deployment is reviewed, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stephen Kavanagh said.

He said: "It's a huge drain on both the physical, emotional and practical resources of London's police service.


The Sony warehouse in Enfield was set on fire on Monday
"In the early hours of this morning we started knocking on doors to arrest people.

"We have got more than 100 warrants which we will be working our way through over the coming hours and days."

A 26-year-old man who died after being found shot in a car at Duppas Hill Road, Croydon, south London, on Monday night, was shot in the head, it has been revealed.

Police believe Trevor Ellis, of Brixton Hill, and his friends were involved in an altercation with another group, resulting in a chase involving three cars. Mr Ellis was shot during the chase.

The Met has also issued CCTV images of a man suspected of being involved in an attack on a 68-year-old man in Springbridge Road in Ealing, west London, on Monday night.

The victim, whose next of kin are being traced, remains in hospital in a critical condition. Det Ch Insp John McFarlane asked the suspect to "do the decent thing and give yourself up".

Teenagers arrested
On Wednesday night the Met made a number of arrests in connection with the attack on the Sony warehouse in Enfield, looting in central London and an arson attack on a furniture shop in Croydon.

The 20,000 sq m (215,000 sq ft) Sony DADC warehouse in Enfield, which stored CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs and games, was gutted in the blaze which was tackled by 40 firefighters on Monday.

Two of three teenagers arrested in connection with the fire - one 17-year-old and a man of 18 - remain in police custody. The other boy of 17 was released on bail.


Police released an image of a man suspected of attacking a 68-year-old in Ealing on Monday night
In the incidents in central London, police arrested two boys aged 17 from Notting Hill and Belgravia on suspicion of burglary. They remain in custody.

A Hugo Boss store and a bureau de change on Sloane Square were attacked between Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday before the looters targeted shops in Pimlico Road, police said.

Two further arrests were made over the fire in The House of Reeves furniture store in Croydon.

The 15-year-old boy and a man aged 25 are being held on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. Another man, 21, arrested over the attack, has been bailed until September.

The disorder on Monday night began in Hackney and spread to Croydon, Clapham, Camden, Lewisham, Peckham, Newham, East Ham, Enfield, Woolwich, Ealing and Colliers Wood.