A serving soldier murdered in broad daylight in Woolwich on Wednesday is named as Drummer Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier who had served in Afghanistan.
The former leader of the banned Islamic group Al Muhajiroun says he knew one of the suspects, believed to be Michael Adebolajo, as security forces admit that both were on their radar.
As two men remain in hospital under police guard following an fatal attack on a man in south east London, an eyewitness describes the dramatic scenes to Channel 4 News.
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Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo "was just a typical teenager" says a shocked neighbour who knew him when he was growing up in Essex.
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Radical cleric Anjem Choudary, Julie Siddiqi of the Islamic Society of Britain and extremism expert Douglas Murray debate how Woolwich suspect Michael Adebolajo was radicalised.
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A man and a woman are arrested by counter-terrorism police on charges of conspiracy to murder, following the death of Lee Rigby in a machete attack on Wednesday.
A serving soldier murdered in broad daylight in Woolwich on Wednesday is named as Drummer Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier who had served in Afghanistan.
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One motive for Obama on drones: making nice to Nawaz Sharif before US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan…via Pakistan.
? Jonathan Rugman (@jrug) May 23, 2013
If you missed my tussle with Anjem Choudary on #C4News, here it is channel4.com/news/woolwich-?
? Cathy Newman (@cathynewman) May 23, 2013
Pres Obama says he condemns “in the strongest terms the appalling attack against a British service member in Woolwich” yesterday.
? Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 23, 2013
A man and a woman both aged 29 have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder over the #Woolwich attack. #c4news
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 23, 2013
@Boyadee (the eyewitness all media outlets wanted to speak to yesterday about the Woolwich attack) has finally broken his silence to say that he doesn’t want to comment, because “the story is not about ME”:
Apologies to all the news reporters i ignored (including you Jon Snow) but I really do not have anything else to say on the matter.
? Boya Dee (@BOYADEE)
Rev. Philip Miller says there is an “outpouring of love” for the family of Lee Rigby from the local community in Langley, Middleton. #c4news
? Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) May 23, 2013
Some tense moments outside #woolwich barracks - car with ‘we r british’ banner provokes angry response twitter.com/nzerem_c4/stat?
? keme nzerem c4 news (@nzerem_c4) May 23, 2013
Strong sense of unity during meeting with community leaders in Woolwich with Mayor Boris Johnson & Nick Raynsford MP twitter.com/David_Cameron/?
? David Cameron (@David_Cameron) May 23, 2013
David Cameron visits Woolwich barracks following the murder of a solider nearby on Tuesday. Read more on the story here
Ed Miliband says groups such as the EDL will fail in their attempts to use the Woolwich attack to divide society. More on this story here
Former Neighbour of one of alleged Woolwich killers just told me she’d thought he was doing normal teenage rebellion.
? Katie Razzall (@katierazz) May 23, 2013
Michael Adebajo was a “normal kid” she said. The family left Romford a few years ago. “I feel so sorry for his parents, they are so nice”.
? Katie Razzall (@katierazz) May 23, 2013
These words, written by a woman at Woolwich and left with some flowers at the scene, say it all: twitter.com/darshnasoni/st?
? Darshna Soni (@darshnasoni) May 23, 2013
#woolwich security source tells me the two featured in a number of investigations in the past 8 years
? simon israel (@simonisrael) May 23, 2013
A doctor who used a secret camera hidden in his watch to record himself abusing more than two dozen female patients has been jailed.
Dr Davinder Jeet Bains, 46, was sent to prison for 12 years at Swindon Crown Court after admitting charges.
British people are united across different faiths, different backgrounds in their horror of crimes like this. That is why terror will lose.
? Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) May 23, 2013
Case workers at Tell Mama tell Channel 4 News there has been a big increase in calls to report Islamaphobic attacks, “especially online”. More info to come.
#fashion victims-steady stream of grieving relatives come daily to Rana garment factory building collapse site… twitter.com/Worldwidewebb1?
? Stuart Webb (@Worldwidewebb1) May 23, 2013
David Cameron: The Woolwich attack was a “betrayal of Islam”. #c4news #woolwich
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 23, 2013
"Something like this will only make us stronger. We have lost a brave soldier."
David Cameron statement on Woolwich soldier death
Scotland Yard confirms the man killed on Wednesday in Woolwich was a serving soldier and say the victim’s family have asked for his identity not be released at this stage.
MoD want to ban soldiers in London area from wearing uniforms when walking out of unit - looks like No 10 may over-rule them.
? alex thomson (@alextomo) May 23, 2013
