May 28, 2013 -- Updated 1747 GMT (0147 HKT)
One of the suspects in last week's slaying of a British soldier has been
discharged from a hospital Tuesday and is now in custody at a police
station, Metropolitan Police said. FULL STORY
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One of the two suspects in last week's killing of a British soldier is
discharged from a hospital and is now in custody at a police station in
south London.
FULL STORY
May 28, 2013 -- Updated 1909 GMT (0309 HKT)
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: One suspect's family condemns attack, offers condolences to Rigby family
- The second suspect has been identified as Michael Adebowale
- He will be questioned by counterterrorism investigators, police said
- Adebowale was one of two suspects wounded by police after last week's killing
The suspect, whom a family friend identified as Michael Adebowale,
will be questioned by officers from Scotland Yard's counterterrorism
command, police said. He also has been arrested on suspicion of the
attempted murder of a police officer, police said, but provided no
details.
Adebowale, 22, was one of
two men wounded by police at the scene of the grisly attack in the
southeast London district of Woolwich. The killing of Lee Rigby,
who had served as an infantryman in Afghanistan and Cyprus, shocked
people across the United Kingdom, sparked a series of arrests over the
weekend and prompted officials to announce plans for a task force to
tackle extremism in Britain.
In all, 10 people have been arrested in connection with the killing. Two were released without charges, while five others have been freed on bail.
The second wounded
suspect, identified by friends, acquaintances and British news outlets
as Michael Adebolajo, was still hospitalized under police guard Tuesday.
A 50-year-old man was also being held at a police station in connection
with the slaying.
Adebolajo, a 28-year-old
British national of Nigerian descent, was identified as the man toting a
meat cleaver and large kitchen knife in his bloody hands in a video
shot at the scene. In it, he declared Rigby had been targeted "because
Muslims are dying daily" at the hands of British troops like him.
In a statement,
Adebolajo's family offered its "heartfelt condolence" to Rigby's family,
adding, "Nothing we say can undo the events of last week."
"We wish to state openly
that we believe that there is no place for violence in the name of
religion or politics," the family said. "We believe all right-thinking
members of society share this view wherever they were born and whatever
their religion and political beliefs. We wholeheartedly condemn all
those who engage in acts of terror and fully reject any suggestion by
them that religion or politics can justify this kind of violence."
Kenyan counterterrorism
sources told CNN that Adebolajo had been arrested in Kenya in 2010,
along with three other men who had been waiting to catch a boat to
Somalia. While a Kenyan government spokesman had said earlier that
Adebolajo was in the country using a different name, official Kenyan
documentation shows that at the time of his arrest, he identified
himself as Michael Adebolajo.
It's unclear why
Adebolajo traveled to Kenya or what happened after his 2010 arrest. But
authorities are looking into his travels to the region as part of their
investigation into Rigby's killing.
Rigby was married with a
2-year-old son. He was off duty when he was hit by a car, then hacked
to death last Wednesday on a street in the working-class neighborhood of
Woolwich.
He served as a drummer
in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, performing at ceremonial occasions.
Since 2011, he had been a recruiter at the regiment's headquarters in
the Tower of London.
His slaying sparked a
series of arrests over the weekend and prompted officials to announce
plans for a task force to tackle extremism in Britain. On Saturday,
angry far-right protesters in northern England pointed to the soldier's
slaying and called for Muslims to leave the United Kingdom.
CNN Correspondent Nima Elbagir contributed to this report.
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