THE British National Party says it is considering setting up patrols in Wroughton and manning the school gates in the wake of the attack on Henry Webster.

But Det Sgt Mark Wilkinson, of Swindon CID, has called on all sections of the community to work together to make sure nothing like the violent outbreak happens again.

Speaking after it was revealed that white and Muslim extremist groups have tried to hijack the incident for their own ends Det Sgt Wilkinson called for calm.

It is also believed police are confident of making further arrests this week.

Det Sgt Wilkinson said: "My investigating team and I are obviously working flat out to get the result to satisfy the victim's family and Wiltshire Police. I anticipate some significant further developments will take place in the forthcoming weeks.

"However, we are still appealing to those in the community who can assist us in this investigation to come forward."

He added: "We are appealing for both sides of the community to work together collectively to assist the police so we can deal with this particular incident and prevent any further incidents of this sort occurring again."

Wiltshire BNP chairman Mike Howsman said his organisation had leafleted Wroughton following the attack.

The far right party claim to be in contact with a number of parents in the area and they are hoping to set up a public meeting with them.

Mr Howsman said: "We are very much at the behest of the parents. We will support the parents in what they decide to do.

"If this means having a neighbourhood patrol set up or volunteers on the school gates then that's a consideration we will look at."

Mr Howsman said the organisation was not concerned if the school did not want BNP members watching over the children.

"The school doesn't matter because the school doesn't care," he said. "It is happy to brush this under the carpet."

He added that the party had been given a boost by the recent events.

"This is the product of our multi-cultural society," he said. "Multi-culturalism is not working. We are in contact with residents and our supporters in Wroughton and we wish it to be known that the people of Wroughton have our backing on any peaceful, lawful action they wish to take. We have had a lot of positive feedback and feedback about other crimes. We are active in the campaign which is gaining momentum and we are active in Wroughton."