MI5 spent 8 YEARS watching violent ex-prisoner before soldier was hacked to death
'This is going to be a big blow to the new director of MI5, who has only been in the job for a couple of weeks'
Professor Anthony Glees, University of Buckingham
Betrayal of a hero father: How MI5 spent EIGHT YEARS watching violent ex-prisoner who preached outside Poundland just yards from murder scene only days before soldier was hacked to death
- MI5 had been monitoring two fanatics responsible for SE London killing
- One fanatic was photographed behind hate preacher Anjem Choudary
- Michael Adebolajo, 28, was also a member of a banned terrorist group
- He was said to have preached jihad in Woolwich just earlier this week
- Close to where married father Lee Rigby was beheaded on Wednesday
- Second suspect named last night in reports as Michael Adebowale, 22
By CHRIS GREENWOOD and JAMES SLACK
PUBLISHED: 23:07, 23 May 2013 | UPDATED: 10:55, 24 May 2013
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Frans Von Papen, (Jesuit) Hitlers mentor, chancellor of Germany (June 1932 - March 1933) and first vice-chancellor of the Third Reich, stated in his book: "My Conversations with Hitler": "Hitler has put into practice the high ideals of the papacy". This statement was made in reference to the death camps. As chancellor, von Papen's first act was to dissolve the Reichstag; his second was lifting the ban on Hitler's "Brown Shirts" (SA); he then integrated Catholic youth groups into the "Hitler Youth": setting up the civil and political base for Hitler and the Nazi Party to move into power. "Mein Kampf" waswritten for Hitler by Jesuit Staempfle. As papal nuncio to Germany (1917-1929),
Archbishop Eugenio Pacelli worked with Germany's Illuminati bankers (Chase Manhattan, in New York City, and Bank of England funneled money's through Credit Swiss (Vatican bank) to the Reich's Bank in Berlin) and industrialist's (I.G. Farben), establishing thefinancial and industrial base for the Third Reich: WW II was in its planning stage while WW I was still in full swing. Thousands of Jews were hidden in the Vatican, as a precaution, in case Hitler lost the war.
"Yea the time cometh when he that killeth you will think that he doeth God service." (John 16:2)
The fact that the Vatican entered into a concordat with Hitler [signed in the Vatican by Von Papen and Cardinal Secretary of State: Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII), 20 July 1933], as with Mussolini, Franco and Salazar is no secret. But the Vatican's attempt to seduce Hitler into extending the provisions of that concordat to include every country he raped and pillaged is not so well known, but is recorded in Hitler's own words in his book: "Hitler's Secret Conversations" i.e. "I have shown myself unresponsive to the attempts of the Vatican toward the extension of the provisions of the concordat to embrace the newly acquired territories of the Reich. The Saar, Sudetenland, Bohemia and Moravia, the Reichsgau Danszig-East Prussia, the Warthegau, a large part of Silesia and Alsace-Lorraine have, in fact, no relations with the Roman Catholic Church which are supported by formal international agreement" (page 516).
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Betrayal of a hero father: How MI5 spent EIGHT YEARS watching violent ex-prisoner who preached outside Poundland just yards from murder scene only days before soldier was hacked to death
- MI5 had been monitoring two fanatics responsible for SE London killing
- One fanatic was photographed behind hate preacher Anjem Choudary
- Michael Adebolajo, 28, was also a member of a banned terrorist group
- He was said to have preached jihad in Woolwich just earlier this week
- Close to where married father Lee Rigby was beheaded on Wednesday
- Second suspect named last night in reports as Michael Adebowale, 22
By CHRIS GREENWOOD and JAMES SLACK
PUBLISHED: 23:07, 23 May 2013 | UPDATED: 10:55, 24 May 2013
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329951/Woolwich-attack-How-MI5-ex-prisoner-sights-preached-Poundland-just-yards-murder-scene.html#ixzz2UbGgEjlp
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MI5 had been monitoring the two fanatics responsible for the slaughter of a young soldier near Woolwich barracks for eight years.
The Security Service is facing an inquiry by MPs amid a raft of devastating revelations about the killers’ known links to Islamist extremism.
One of the pair – Michael Adebolajo – was so high profile he was photographed outside Paddington Green police station six years ago behind notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary.
He was even intercepted by officials as he attempted to travel to Somalia to fight alongside Islamist terrorists last year.
It also emerged that Adebolajo was a violent ex-prisoner who was a member of a banned terrorist group.
Incredibly, he was said to have been preaching jihad on the streets of Woolwich earlier this week, only a few hundred yards from where 25-year-old Army Drummer Lee Rigby – a married father – was beheaded.
As MI5 faced accusations that they let the men slip through the net, David Cameron ordered a full intelligence review by a Westminster committee.
On a dramatic day:
- Sources confirmed that 28-year-old Adebolajo once served a jail sentence for violence;
- Tory minister Baroness Warsi attacked broadcasters who give airtime to ‘extremist voices – idiots and nutters’ after Choudary gave interviews on BBC TV and Channel 4 News;
- It was revealed Adebolajo was once intercepted by police as he attempted to travel to Somalia to fight alongside Al-Shabaab;
- The Conservative MP Bob Stewart demanded foreign-born preachers of hate should be ‘put on a plane out’ of Britain;
- Heavily-armed Scotland Yard officers made dawn raids at six homes across London and in Lincoln;
- A man and a woman, both aged 29, were arrested on suspicion of joining the murderous conspiracy.
Previously: Michael Adebolajo was in a group of Muslim extremists who fought with police outside the Old Bailey in 2006.
He had been arguing that he had the right to 'behead those who insult Islam'
Terror suspect: Anjem Choudary (right) claimed that this is him pictured with Michael Adebolajo, 28, (circled) at an Islamist demonstration in London in 2007
BBC film shows Michael Adebolajo on a demo in London in 2007
BBC film shows Michael Adebolajo on a demo in London in 2007
MI5 spent 8 YEARS watching violent ex-prisoner before soldier was hacked to death
'This is going to be a big blow to the new director of MI5, who has only been in the job for a couple of weeks'
Professor Anthony Glees, University of Buckingham
Betrayal of a hero father: How MI5 spent EIGHT YEARS watching violent ex-prisoner who preached outside Poundland just yards from murder scene only days before soldier was hacked to death
- MI5 had been monitoring two fanatics responsible for SE London killing
- One fanatic was photographed behind hate preacher Anjem Choudary
- Michael Adebolajo, 28, was also a member of a banned terrorist group
- He was said to have preached jihad in Woolwich just earlier this week
- Close to where married father Lee Rigby was beheaded on Wednesday
- Second suspect named last night in reports as Michael Adebowale, 22
By CHRIS GREENWOOD and JAMES SLACK
PUBLISHED: 23:07, 23 May 2013 | UPDATED: 10:55, 24 May 2013
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Frans Von Papen, (Jesuit) Hitlers mentor, chancellor of Germany (June 1932 - March 1933) and first vice-chancellor of the Third Reich, stated in his book: "My Conversations with Hitler": "Hitler has put into practice the high ideals of the papacy". This statement was made in reference to the death camps. As chancellor, von Papen's first act was to dissolve the Reichstag; his second was lifting the ban on Hitler's "Brown Shirts" (SA); he then integrated Catholic youth groups into the "Hitler Youth": setting up the civil and political base for Hitler and the Nazi Party to move into power. "Mein Kampf" waswritten for Hitler by Jesuit Staempfle. As papal nuncio to Germany (1917-1929),
Archbishop Eugenio Pacelli worked with Germany's Illuminati bankers (Chase Manhattan, in New York City, and Bank of England funneled money's through Credit Swiss (Vatican bank) to the Reich's Bank in Berlin) and industrialist's (I.G. Farben), establishing thefinancial and industrial base for the Third Reich: WW II was in its planning stage while WW I was still in full swing. Thousands of Jews were hidden in the Vatican, as a precaution, in case Hitler lost the war.
"Yea the time cometh when he that killeth you will think that he doeth God service." (John 16:2)
The fact that the Vatican entered into a concordat with Hitler [signed in the Vatican by Von Papen and Cardinal Secretary of State: Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII), 20 July 1933], as with Mussolini, Franco and Salazar is no secret. But the Vatican's attempt to seduce Hitler into extending the provisions of that concordat to include every country he raped and pillaged is not so well known, but is recorded in Hitler's own words in his book: "Hitler's Secret Conversations" i.e. "I have shown myself unresponsive to the attempts of the Vatican toward the extension of the provisions of the concordat to embrace the newly acquired territories of the Reich. The Saar, Sudetenland, Bohemia and Moravia, the Reichsgau Danszig-East Prussia, the Warthegau, a large part of Silesia and Alsace-Lorraine have, in fact, no relations with the Roman Catholic Church which are supported by formal international agreement" (page 516).
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Betrayal of a hero father: How MI5 spent EIGHT YEARS watching violent ex-prisoner who preached outside Poundland just yards from murder scene only days before soldier was hacked to death
- MI5 had been monitoring two fanatics responsible for SE London killing
- One fanatic was photographed behind hate preacher Anjem Choudary
- Michael Adebolajo, 28, was also a member of a banned terrorist group
- He was said to have preached jihad in Woolwich just earlier this week
- Close to where married father Lee Rigby was beheaded on Wednesday
- Second suspect named last night in reports as Michael Adebowale, 22
By CHRIS GREENWOOD and JAMES SLACK
PUBLISHED: 23:07, 23 May 2013 | UPDATED: 10:55, 24 May 2013
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MI5 had been monitoring the two fanatics responsible for the slaughter of a young soldier near Woolwich barracks for eight years.
The Security Service is facing an inquiry by MPs amid a raft of devastating revelations about the killers’ known links to Islamist extremism.
One of the pair – Michael Adebolajo – was so high profile he was photographed outside Paddington Green police station six years ago behind notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary.
He was even intercepted by officials as he attempted to travel to Somalia to fight alongside Islamist terrorists last year.
It also emerged that Adebolajo was a violent ex-prisoner who was a member of a banned terrorist group.
Incredibly, he was said to have been preaching jihad on the streets of Woolwich earlier this week, only a few hundred yards from where 25-year-old Army Drummer Lee Rigby – a married father – was beheaded.
As MI5 faced accusations that they let the men slip through the net, David Cameron ordered a full intelligence review by a Westminster committee.
On a dramatic day:
- Sources confirmed that 28-year-old Adebolajo once served a jail sentence for violence;
- Tory minister Baroness Warsi attacked broadcasters who give airtime to ‘extremist voices – idiots and nutters’ after Choudary gave interviews on BBC TV and Channel 4 News;
- It was revealed Adebolajo was once intercepted by police as he attempted to travel to Somalia to fight alongside Al-Shabaab;
- The Conservative MP Bob Stewart demanded foreign-born preachers of hate should be ‘put on a plane out’ of Britain;
- Heavily-armed Scotland Yard officers made dawn raids at six homes across London and in Lincoln;
- A man and a woman, both aged 29, were arrested on suspicion of joining the murderous conspiracy.
Previously: Michael Adebolajo was in a group of Muslim extremists who fought with police outside the Old Bailey in 2006.
He had been arguing that he had the right to 'behead those who insult Islam'
Terror suspect: Anjem Choudary (right) claimed that this is him pictured with Michael Adebolajo, 28, (circled) at an Islamist demonstration in London in 2007
BBC film shows Michael Adebolajo on a demo in London in 2007
BBC film shows Michael Adebolajo on a demo in London in 2007
Police chiefs described the counter terrorism investigation, one of the largest in recent history, as ‘complex and fast-moving’.
Adeolajo, 28, and his friend remained under armed guard in separate hospitals being treated for gunshot wounds. They are expected to recover fully.
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- 'He is a hero': Radical Muslim cleric who is banned from Britain applauds terror suspect's 'courage'
- Stop giving air time to 'idiots and nutters', Warsi tells TV: Minister warns the BBC over fanatics following Woolwich murder
- Assassin-to-be at the side a ranting cleric: Choudary claims picture shows arrested Islamic fanatic, 28, at 2007 demo
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- RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Toytown jihadists and a lack of political willpower
- MAIL ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Moment anti-terror police raid flat and arrest four people just a mile from scene of Woolwich killing
- Enemy within that hates our tolerance: MAX HASTINGS on a menace more chilling than any foreign threat
- Two more Angels of Woolwich revealed: Brave mother and daughter stood alongside Cub Scout leader against Islamic fanatics
- BBC political editor Nick Robinson's extraordinary apology after backlash against 'Muslim appearance' comment about Woolwich killers
- Inside the twisted mind of a jihadist: He's addicted to Al Qaeda websites, and loathes decadent non-believers says MICHAEL BURLEIGH
- Making of a very middle-class fanatic: Descent into evil of teenager from devout Christian family
- Man and woman, both 29, arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder following Woolwich terror attack
- Put extremists on first plane back to wherever they've come from, demands furious Tory MP Bob Stewart
The second suspect was reported last night by news outlets including Channel 4 News and The Times to be Michael Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, south-east London.
The victim was named yesterday as Drummer Rigby, a veteran of the Afghanistan war who has a two-year-old son.
Father of a son: The victim was named yesterday as Drummer Lee Rigby, a veteran of the Afghanistan war
Much missed: Lee Rigby's friends, families and colleagues have paid tribute to the 'bubbly' character they loved
The young soldier was run over and hacked to death with a meat cleaver and knives near his barracks in Woolwich, South East London.
Minutes later the two Islamists were gunned down by firearms officers after charging towards them in an apparent attempt to kill themselves.
The atrocity triggered a wave of national revulsion as the Prime Minster branded it an attack on the British way of life and a ‘betrayal of Islam’.
Man, 22, is fourth person arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder over Woolwich attack
- Two men aged 24 and 28 were arrested at a residential address in London
- A further 21-year-old man was arrested in the street in Charlton
- The Counter Terrorism Command used tasers to detain two of them
- The two men suspected of murdering Drummer Rigby, 25, in Woolwich remain in hospital after being shot by police
PUBLISHED: 22:49, 25 May 2013 | UPDATED: 16:18, 26 May 2013
Armed police have arrested a 22-year-old man today on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Drummer Lee Rigby.
Counter-terrorism officers supported by armed police swooped on an address in Highbury Grove, north London, Scotland Yard said.
It comes after officers last night arrested three people on suspicion of conspiring to murder the solider.
Three more men have been arrested for the death of Drummer Lee Rigby last week
Police with machine guns stormed three separate addresses in simultaneous raids across south-east London between 6pm and 6.30pm.
On the Lamb Estate in Greenwich, officers in balaclavas charged in to a first-floor flat and used a Taser on one suspect.
They arrested a Somali man and another unarmed man, both in their 20s.
Neighbour Tariq Mahmood, 54, a businessman, said: 'My daughter is traumatised. This is just a quiet estate. I can't believe this happened.'
Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command supported by specialist firearms officers raided a separate fourth-floor flat 300 yards away, believed to be the home of relatives of the Somali.
The arrests came as authorities in France investigated whether the killing was linked to an attack on a French soldier who was stabbed in the neck in a busy shopping area outside Paris today.
The two men suspected of murdering Drummer Rigby, 25, in Woolwich remain in hospital after being shot by police when they charged towards armed officers on Wednesday, while a 29-year-old man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder has now been released on bail, police confirmed tonight.
A great character: Father of one and soldier Rigby, of Greater Manchester, pictured relaxing on Army leave
The two men suspected of murdering Drummer Rigby, who have been identified as Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, remain in a stable condition in hospital, police added.
Drummer Rigby was hit by a car and then attacked with weapons including a knife and a meat cleaver but the cause of his death has not been confirmed by a post-mortem examination.
The young father's murder has provoked a backlash of anger across the country, with many incidents of mosques being attacked, racial abuse and comments made on social media.
Attack: Drummer Rigby was killed on the street in Woolwich, south London when Michael Adebolajo launched his attack
Suspect: Michael Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, south-east London, with a knife in his hand at the scene where Lee Rigby was stabbed to death
Two suspects remain in hospital after police shot them at the scene
But close to the spot where he was brutally hacked to death, people showed solidarity today as they comforted one another and left floral tributes, adding to the thousands of bouquets already there.
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is to investigate following the disclosure that Adebolajo and Adebowale were known to MI5.
Police refused to comment on reports tonight that Adebowale was arrested two months ago.
Two women aged 29 and 31 have both been released without charge after they were held on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, while a number of other people not directly involved with the attack have been charged over malicious comments made on social networking sites.
Searches have also been taking place at three other addresses in south London, one in east London, one in north London and one in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, the former home of Adebolajo.
French president Francois Hollande said authorities were investigating any possible link between the Paris attack, which was not believed to have seriously injured the 23-year-old soldier, and that on Drummer Rigby.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said he was unable to say whether police were connecting the incidents.
The father of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor said tonight that he had acted as a mentor to Adebowale, who was known to his friends as Toby.
Grief: A wellwisher outside the army barracks, 200 yards from where Drummer Lee Rigby was killed, by the huge - and growing - pile of flowers
'Dear soldier': A handwritten note left in honour of Lee Rigby close to the scene of the brutal murder in Woolwich
Asked about Wednesday's events, Richard Taylor told ITV News: 'I was terribly shocked at what I saw that day.
'It's a different Toby or Michael that I was seeing that day. I don't believe it was anything Islamic.'
Mr Taylor, whose son was just ten when he was killed in the capital in 2000, said he had tried to help Adebowale after he was bullied at school and then became involved in drugs and gangs.
But he said that when he spoke to Adebowale two months ago, he told him that he had changed his ways as he had become a Muslim.
He went on:'Having seen how my own son was stabbed to death, made me feel that... whatever happens, they will still be alive, they will still be on the street or maybe they will take them away from the public or change their faces. They don't deserve to live.'
Meanwhile the BNP has been accused of cynically exploiting the killing to further its 'own poisonous ends' after the far right group announced it would be demonstrating in Woolwich next Saturday.
And up to 2,000 people took part in a EDL march in Newcastle today, which was planned before Wednesday's attack. Earlier this month it was predicted that 500 would turn up.
EDL supporters sang 'RIP Lee Rigby' as they marched through the city while a Union flag with his name on was displayed to cheers. Police said three people were arrested for allegedly making racist tweets before it had begun.
Drummer Rigby's family yesterday paid tribute to the soldier they described as their 'hero'.
'Lee's dream growing up was always to join the Army, which he succeeded in doing. He was dedicated and loved his job,' they said in a statement.
Drummer Rigby's wife Rebecca, mother of their two-year-old son Jack, said through tears that he was 'a devoted father'.
Along with the floral tributes at the corner of John Wilson Street and Artillery Place where the attack took place, many hundreds more have been left outside the entrance to Woolwich barracks a few hundred yards away, where Drummer Rigby was based.
A book of condolence has been opened at Woolwich Town Hall, where opening hours have been extended over the bank holiday weekend to allow the public to pay their respects.
Professor David Maguire, vice-chancellor of the University of Greenwich, confirmed that Adebolajo had been a student there for two years but had been thrown out because his 'academic progress was unsatisfactory'.
Adebowale had not studied there, he said.
The professor added: 'The university takes its responsibilities very seriously in terms of preventing extremism. We are committed to ensuring that the university is a safe and secure place of study and debate within the confines of the law. We have diverse communities on campus and these include a range of different faiths.
'Given the seriousness of issues raised, the university is setting up an investigation into the association of these two individuals with the university, to assess whether there is any evidence of extremism in the university (past or present) and whether we need to update our policies and practices.'
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It was Drummer Rigby's dream to join the army. Thousands of people have left tributes to him since his death last week
Man, 22, is fourth person arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder over Woolwich attack
- Two men aged 24 and 28 were arrested at a residential address in London
- A further 21-year-old man was arrested in the street in Charlton
- The Counter Terrorism Command used tasers to detain two of them
- The two men suspected of murdering Drummer Rigby, 25, in Woolwich remain in hospital after being shot by police
PUBLISHED: 22:49, 25 May 2013 | UPDATED: 16:18, 26 May 2013
Armed police have arrested a 22-year-old man today on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Drummer Lee Rigby.
Counter-terrorism officers supported by armed police swooped on an address in Highbury Grove, north London, Scotland Yard said.
It comes after officers last night arrested three people on suspicion of conspiring to murder the solider.
Three more men have been arrested for the death of Drummer Lee Rigby last week
It was Drummer Rigby's dream to join the army. Thousands of people have left tributes to him since his death last week
Police with machine guns stormed three separate addresses in simultaneous raids across south-east London between 6pm and 6.30pm.
On the Lamb Estate in Greenwich, officers in balaclavas charged in to a first-floor flat and used a Taser on one suspect.
They arrested a Somali man and another unarmed man, both in their 20s.
Neighbour Tariq Mahmood, 54, a businessman, said: 'My daughter is traumatised. This is just a quiet estate. I can't believe this happened.'
Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command supported by specialist firearms officers raided a separate fourth-floor flat 300 yards away, believed to be the home of relatives of the Somali.
The arrests came as authorities in France investigated whether the killing was linked to an attack on a French soldier who was stabbed in the neck in a busy shopping area outside Paris today.
The two men suspected of murdering Drummer Rigby, 25, in Woolwich remain in hospital after being shot by police when they charged towards armed officers on Wednesday, while a 29-year-old man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder has now been released on bail, police confirmed tonight.
A great character: Father of one and soldier Rigby, of Greater Manchester, pictured relaxing on Army leave
The two men suspected of murdering Drummer Rigby, who have been identified as Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, remain in a stable condition in hospital, police added.
Drummer Rigby was hit by a car and then attacked with weapons including a knife and a meat cleaver but the cause of his death has not been confirmed by a post-mortem examination.
The young father's murder has provoked a backlash of anger across the country, with many incidents of mosques being attacked, racial abuse and comments made on social media.
Attack: Drummer Rigby was killed on the street in Woolwich, south London when Michael Adebolajo launched his attack
Suspect: Michael Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, south-east London, with a knife in his hand at the scene where Lee Rigby was stabbed to death
Two suspects remain in hospital after police shot them at the scene
But close to the spot where he was brutally hacked to death, people showed solidarity today as they comforted one another and left floral tributes, adding to the thousands of bouquets already there.
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is to investigate following the disclosure that Adebolajo and Adebowale were known to MI5.
Police refused to comment on reports tonight that Adebowale was arrested two months ago.
Two women aged 29 and 31 have both been released without charge after they were held on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, while a number of other people not directly involved with the attack have been charged over malicious comments made on social networking sites.
Searches have also been taking place at three other addresses in south London, one in east London, one in north London and one in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, the former home of Adebolajo.
French president Francois Hollande said authorities were investigating any possible link between the Paris attack, which was not believed to have seriously injured the 23-year-old soldier, and that on Drummer Rigby.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said he was unable to say whether police were connecting the incidents.
The father of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor said tonight that he had acted as a mentor to Adebowale, who was known to his friends as Toby.
Grief: A wellwisher outside the army barracks, 200 yards from where Drummer Lee Rigby was killed, by the huge - and growing - pile of flowers
'Dear soldier': A handwritten note left in honour of Lee Rigby close to the scene of the brutal murder in Woolwich
Asked about Wednesday's events, Richard Taylor told ITV News: 'I was terribly shocked at what I saw that day.
'It's a different Toby or Michael that I was seeing that day. I don't believe it was anything Islamic.'
Mr Taylor, whose son was just ten when he was killed in the capital in 2000, said he had tried to help Adebowale after he was bullied at school and then became involved in drugs and gangs.
But he said that when he spoke to Adebowale two months ago, he told him that he had changed his ways as he had become a Muslim.
He went on:'Having seen how my own son was stabbed to death, made me feel that... whatever happens, they will still be alive, they will still be on the street or maybe they will take them away from the public or change their faces. They don't deserve to live.'
EDL supporters sang 'RIP Lee Rigby' as they marched through the city while a Union flag with his name on was displayed to cheers. Police said three people were arrested for allegedly making racist tweets before it had begun.And up to 2,000 people took part in a EDL march in Newcastle today, which was planned before Wednesday's attack. Earlier this month it was predicted that 500 would turn up.
Drummer Rigby's family yesterday paid tribute to the soldier they described as their 'hero'.
'Lee's dream growing up was always to join the Army, which he succeeded in doing. He was dedicated and loved his job,' they said in a statement.
Drummer Rigby's wife Rebecca, mother of their two-year-old son Jack, said through tears that he was 'a devoted father'.
Along with the floral tributes at the corner of John Wilson Street and Artillery Place where the attack took place, many hundreds more have been left outside the entrance to Woolwich barracks a few hundred yards away, where Drummer Rigby was based.
A book of condolence has been opened at Woolwich Town Hall, where opening hours have been extended over the bank holiday weekend to allow the public to pay their respects.
Professor David Maguire, vice-chancellor of the University of Greenwich, confirmed that Adebolajo had been a student there for two years but had been thrown out because his 'academic progress was unsatisfactory'.
Adebowale had not studied there, he said.
The professor added: 'The university takes its responsibilities very seriously in terms of preventing extremism. We are committed to ensuring that the university is a safe and secure place of study and debate within the confines of the law. We have diverse communities on campus and these include a range of different faiths.
'Given the seriousness of issues raised, the university is setting up an investigation into the association of these two individuals with the university, to assess whether there is any evidence of extremism in the university (past or present) and whether we need to update our policies and practices.'
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Meanwhile the BNP has been accused of cynically exploiting the killing to further its 'own poisonous ends' after the far right group announced it would be demonstrating in Woolwich next Saturday.
Hero father Drummer Lee Rigby takes part in band practice, 2010
Weapon: This battered car was used to crush the soldier against a sign in front. The streak of blood in front shows how they dragged his body into the street
After the killing: Michael Adebolajo, 28, pictured on Wednesday, once served a jail sentence for violence
Angels of Woolwich: Gemini Donnelly-Martin, 20, and her mother Amanda (right) talk to one of the alleged attackers with blood on his hands. Meanwhile, Ingrid Loyau-Kennett (left) talks to the other suspect, identified as Michael Adebowale. Lee Rigby lies dead in the road
Mr Cameron said there was no justification for the attack and the responsibility lay purely with the ‘sickening individuals’ behind it.
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He added: ‘This country will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism and terror. We will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its forms.’
The list of questions faced by the authorities was growing fast as evidence of the danger the two men posed to Britain grew.
Sources said both men featured in ‘a number’ of counter terrorism investigations in recent years but were not seen as a ‘threat to life’.
Yet Adebolajo, who was born in South London but is of Nigerian descent, was linked to Choudary as long ago as 2003.
The former fitness instructor is believed to have been a member of Al Muhajiroun, which was led by the hate preacher until it was banned by the Government.
British citizen: The second attacker was named last night in reports as Michael Adebowale, 22
Picture: This image was the first to emerge on Twitter, showing people close to the soldier's dead body while police hang over the men they have just shot
Sticken: The two alleged terrorists were filmed at the drama as it unfolded on camera phones before witnesses were shepherded away by officers
Chilling words of bloodied man is caught on film
Aftermath: The men waited for 20 minutes saying they wanted to shoot the police, but were gunned down themselves and are shown here being detained
Hovering: An air ambluance comes into land on Woolwich's Wellington Street as crowds gather at the scene of the murder
He was jailed at least once for violence and friends said he was a member of a gang of knife-wielding street robbers in his hometown of Romford, Essex.
'This country will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism and terror. We will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its forms'
Prime Minister David Cameron
Footage showed him standing directly behind Choudary during a protest outside Paddington Green police station in April 2007.
It is believed he may have also been held by the Met in 2006 after protesting outside the Old Bailey during the trial of four Muslim men.
The defendants were ultimately jailed for their part in protests at the Danish embassy in London against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
Tearful: A mourner is overcome as he surveys the field of flowers that has been laid in Woolwich in recent days
Tributes: A group of mothers and their children head to the Bararcks to leave flowers and messages for the dead soldier, who also had a son, two
Sad: Bouquets and wreaths are being left along the street and tied to the railings close to where Lee Rigby died
Personal: This anonymous message was to Lee and thanked him for what he did for Britain
Moved: Three young women prepare to lay flowers where the unnamed soldier was murdered brutally in Woolwich on Wednesday
Message: A handwritten note was also left by one member of the public left distraught by what happened to the murdered man Lee Rigby
Attached to a bunch of white roses, the neatly written note is from a person who didn't know the victim but felt moved to visit where he died
Men linked to Al Muhajiroun gathered outside the high security police station after Muslim convert Abu Izzadeen was arrested for inciting terrorism.
Unbelievably, it is also claimed he was intercepted by police as he attempted to travel to Somalia last year to fight jihad.
Sources said Adebolajo wanted to join Al-Shabaab, a notorious Al Qaeda affiliate responsible for terrorising the region.
The 28-year-old was seen as recently as last week wearing white robes and a cap as he preached outside a branch of Poundland in Woolwich.
Delicate: A forensic officers examine a revolver at the scene and places it in a protective box pistol close to Woolwich Barracks
Forensic approach: A team of police comb over grass and a brick wall for evidence to be used in this shocking murder case
Police have guarded the area where Lee Rigby was killed for at least 48 hours as they investigate exactly what happened
Regiment's tribute to hero father Drummer Lee Rigby
Regiment's tribute to hero father Drummer Lee Rigby
Residents said the former University of Greenwich student was handing out leaflets encouraging locals to support rebels in Syria
The second attacker, named last night in reports as Michael Adebowale, 22, is believed to have been born in Nigeria before becoming a naturalised British citizen.
'This is going to be a big blow to the new director of MI5, who has only been in the job for a couple of weeks'
Professor Anthony Glees, University of Buckingham
A woman believed to be his girlfriend was arrested during a raid at his home in a block of council flats in Woolwich.
Security officials are currently monitoring more than 2,000 suspects and sources point out they must target their resources on the fanatics considered to pose the greatest danger.
They also say MI5’s resources have been dramatically increased since the July 7 bombings which has meant the number of suspects crossing the ‘radar’ of surveillance teams has itself soared.
Patrols: Two soldiers, one of them carrying a firearm, walk outside Woolwich Barracks yesterday following the murder on Wednesday
Condemnation: David Cameron, pictured in Woolwich with local MP Nick Raynsford, said the attack would bring the UK together and 'make us stronger'
Tribute: Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking outside Number 10, said the murder of a 'brave soldier' on the streets of London will bring the UK together and 'make us stronger'
Scene: Boris Johnson speaks to police officers just yards from where the soldier was brutally murdered
Police yesterday raided a house which is believed to be connected with Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo. His father Anthony is said to live at this Lincolnshire address
Former home: Michael Adebolajo lived in this house in Romford with his parents while he converted to Islam as a teenager
Professor Anthony Glees, director of the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Buckingham, said MI5 made the ‘wrong call’.
He said: ‘This is going to be a big blow to the new director of MI5, who has only been in the job for a couple of weeks.’
But Patrick Mercer, a Tory MP and counter terrorism expert, said it is ‘impossible’ for police and security services to keep us ‘100 per cent secure’.
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Shocking video taken by eyewitnesses to slaughter of soldier in which 'killer' blames British Government and apologises to women who saw it
- Footage shows man covered in blood addressing witnesses to incident
- He can be heard saying 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'
- Apologises to women who witnessed the attack
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PUBLISHED: 20:32, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 21:48, 22 May 2013
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Shocking footage emerged this evening of one of the suspected Woolwich attackers, covered in blood and saying: 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
The footage, obtained by ITV News, shows the moments after the brutal attack.
It shows the suspect, wearing a dark jacket, jeans and a beanie hat, calmly walking towards the camera with what appears to be a machete and a large knife, clasped by the handles in his bloodied left hand.
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Gesticulating with both hands the man points to his own face as he says: 'We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'
Chilling words of bloodied man is caught on film
The man appears to be carrying a knife and a machete in his blood-covered hands
He speaks to onlookers at the scene and apologises to the women who 'have had to witness this today'
Gesticulating with both hands - while gripping the weapons - the man points to his own face as he says: 'We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
Over his shoulder, a group of onlookers can be seen just a few steps from the victim.
Traffic, including an articulated lorry, has stopped on the carriageway, metres from the figure lying in the road.
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The suspect, speaking clear English with a London accent, says: 'I apologise that women have had to witness this today, but in our land our women have to see the same.
'You people will never be safe. Remove your government, they don't care about you.'
In footage released by The Sun, the man can also be heard to say: 'You think David Cameron is going to get caught in the street when we start busting our guns you think politicians are going to die? No it's going to be the average guy, like you, and your children.'
The man tells the people at the scene: 'You people will never be safe. Remove your government, they don't care about you'
The footage also shows two men being detained by police on the ground
As people stand aghast at the terrifying scene unfolding in front of them, one woman is seen pulling her shopping trolley along behind her, seemingly oblivious to the horror.
As the man finishes addressing a few members of the public, he turns back towards the victim lying on his side in the road. He then talks to a second man. A blue car is parked on the pavement, a short distance from the victim in the road.
It has significant damage to its front, with debris and markings on the walkway.
The footage also shows the brave actions of three women who appear to be tending to the victim as he lies in the middle of the road.
Witnesses film the drama as it unfolds on camera phones before being shepherded away by officers
The man who filmed the video of one of the alleged attackers has told ITV News he was assured he was in no danger.
He said the man with the bloodied hands approached him when he saw he was filming. He said he was told: 'No, no, no - it's cool, I just want to talk to you.'
He said the man had been able to escape, but wanted to talk about the incident.
ITV's footage then cuts to two men being detained by police on the ground nearby, while passers by mill around just behind them. Some are filming the drama as it unfolds on camera phones before being shepherded away by officers.
Eyewitnesses said the victim, who a local MP said was believed to be a soldier, was attacked by two men, with some suggesting the attackers tried to behead him.
Home Secretary Theresa May said: 'I have been briefed by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and the Director General of the Security Service.
'It has been confirmed to me that a man has been brutally murdered this afternoon in south east London. Two other men were shot by armed police and they are currently receiving treatment for their injuries.
'I have called a COBR (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) meeting where I will receive further briefing. This is a sickening and barbaric attack.'
David Cameron described the attack as 'truly shocking'.
Downing Street said the Prime Minister, who was planning to stay in Paris overnight after meeting the French president, would be returning tonight instead.
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'Loving husband and son, proud dad and a true warrior': Family's tribute to soldier hacked to death on London street
- Lee Rigby, 25, hit by car on the pavement before being brutally murdered
- Drummer known as 'Riggers' was 'loving father' to two-year-old son Jack
- He died just 200 yards away from the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich
- Lee had separated from his 30-year-old wife Rebecca, Jack's mother
- His girlfriend is serving in Royal Military Police in Afghanistan
- She was being flown home last night to be with family
- Two suspects with blood on their hands were shot by police and arrested
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Hoodie: A Help for Heroes top like the one the murdered soldier was wearing
The soldier killed by two crazed fanatics just yards from the Woolwich Barracks was wearing a Help for Heroes top when he was attacked.
The young serviceman was hit by a car and crushed into a road sign on the street in south-east London before he was brutally murdered.
Video footage showed the dead man was wearing a dark blue top with white writing on it - which is believed to be the same as the Help for Heroes hoodie (right).
The killers attacked him with a collection of weapons including meat cleavers and knives before waiting for police to arrive, their hands covered in blood.
Today members of the public were donating to the charity which helps wounded troops with their rehabilitation.
One man called Allan Beattie who donated to the charity wrote: 'In memory of the soldier brutally murdered yesterday - rest in peace - and a thank you to all of our brave service men and women who do so much for us'
Kelly Alexander, who also gave to the charity wrote: 'Last night a black cloud went over our country,it will never be the same again,Rip to this young man brutally slain in his home country.I salute you x'
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The soldier killed by two crazed fanatics just yards from the Woolwich Barracks was wearing a Help for Heroes top when he was attacked.
The young serviceman was hit by a car and crushed into a road sign on the street in south-east London before he was brutally murdered.
Video footage showed the dead man was wearing a dark blue top with white writing on it - which is believed to be the same as the Help for Heroes hoodie (right).
The killers attacked him with a collection of weapons including meat cleavers and knives before waiting for police to arrive, their hands covered in blood.
Today members of the public were donating to the charity which helps wounded troops with their rehabilitation.
One man called Allan Beattie who donated to the charity wrote: 'In memory of the soldier brutally murdered yesterday - rest in peace - and a thank you to all of our brave service men and women who do so much for us'
Kelly Alexander, who also gave to the charity wrote: 'Last night a black cloud went over our country,it will never be the same again,Rip to this young man brutally slain in his home country.I salute you x'
To donate to Help for Heroes yourself, go to www.justgiving.com/helpforheroes
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Bold: Ms Loyau-Kennett appeared on Daybreak today and said she wasn't scared of dying because 'rather me than a child'
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I SHOULD KEEP THEM TALKING SO THEY DON'T KILL AGAIN': MOTHER ON BUS WHO CONFRONTED THE BLOOD-SOAKED TERRORISTS
Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, was passing on the number 53 bus when she saw the scene unfolding.
As a trained first aider, she raced off the bus, believing the incident to be an accident, and immediately checked the victim’s pulse.
But when she looked up she saw one of the killers standing over her, covered in blood with a gun and a kitchen knife who ordered her to ‘move off the body’.
She told the Daily Telegraph, one of the murderers told her he wanted ‘to start a war in London tonight’.
‘Being a cub leader I have my first aid so when I saw this guy on the floor I thought it was an accident then I saw the guy was dead and I could not feel any pulse,’ she said.
‘And then when I went up there was this black guy with a revolver and a kitchen knife, he had what looked like butcher’s tools and he had a little axe, to cut the bones, and two large knives and he said ‘move off the body’.
‘So I thought ‘OK, I don’t know what is going on here’ and he was covered with blood. I thought I had better start talking to him before he starts attacking somebody else. I thought these people usually have a message so I said ‘what do you want?’
‘I asked him if he did it and he said yes and I said why? And he said because he has killed Muslim people in Muslim countries, he said he was a British solider and I said really and he said ‘I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan they have nothing to do there.’
‘I started to talk to him and I started to notice more weapons and the guy behind him with more weapons as well. By then, people had started to gather around. So I thought OK, I should keep him talking to me before he noticed everything around him.
‘He was not high, he was not on drugs, he was not an alcoholic or drunk, he was just distressed, upset. He was in full control of his decisions and ready to everything he wanted to do.
‘I said ‘right now it is only you versus many people, you are going to lose, what would you like to do?’ and he said I would like to stay and fight.’
The suspect in the black hat then went to speak to someone else and Mrs Loyau-Kennett tried to engage with the other man in the light coat.
She said: ‘The other one was much shier and I went to him and I said ‘well, what about you? Would you like to give me what you have in your hands?’ I did not want to say weapons but I thought it was better having them aimed on one person like me rather than everybody there, children were starting to leave school as well.’
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'I wasn't scared. Better me than a child': Incredible courage of the woman Cub Scout leader who confronted knife-wielding Islamic fanatic moments after he had slaughtered soldier in London street
- One of the arrested men named online as British Nigerian Michael Adebolajo
- Known by the Muslim name Muhajid, he has links to Lincoln and London
- Soldier killed in street execution and his other injured killer not yet named
- Terrorists ran him down in the street with car before 'hacking him to pieces'
- Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, jumped off her bus when she saw the dead man
- Cub leader then spoke to attackers for 20 minutes to stop them killing again
- The suspects charged at officers when they arrived, who gunned them down
- Suspects are under armed guard in separate London hospitals
- English Defence League hold protest in Woolwich and scuffle with police
- David Cameron chairs Cobra meeting after returning from Paris last night
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PUBLISHED: 21:32, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 17:00, 23 May 2013
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A Cub Scout leader who confronted an Islamic fanatic after he had executed a soldier in a Woolwich street said today: 'I wasn't scared. Rather me than a child.'
The moment fearless mother-of-two Ingrid Loyau-Kennett remonstrated with one of the killers, whose hands were blood-soaked and still carried knives, was filmed in the aftermath of the terror attack.
Today the suspect who gave a chilling rant to camera moments after the murder was named online as British Nigerian Michael Adebolajo - who is known by the Muslim name Mujahid.
48-year-old Ingrid Loyau-Kennett jumped off her bus when she saw the tragic soldier's body lying in the south-east London street, checked his pulse and then tried to talk to the men who hacked him to death.
After pleading with them to hand her the weapons, one told her: 'We want to start a war in London tonight'.
She replied: 'Right now it is only you versus many people, you are going to lose'.
David Cameron today paid tribute to Mrs Loyau-Kennett in a statement outside Number 10, and said: 'She spoke for all of us'.
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Confrontation: Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, was seen remonstrating with one of the killers whose blood-covered hands were carrying at least one knife used to hack the soldier to death
Horrifying: Ingrid stands looking at the body in the street as two women comfort the dead man who lies stricken in the street
Fervent: The two young women who had comforted the dead man speak to one of the killers while the 48-year-old Cub Leader speaks to the other in the 20 minutes before police arrived
Drama: Hours after the shocking murder, footage emerged of this man with bloodied hands carrying a knife and a machete explaining the reasons for the killing. He has been named online as British Nigerian Michael Adebolajo, who is known by the Muslim name Mujahid
‘Confronting extremism is a job for us all. And the fact that our communities will unite in doing this was vividly demonstrated by the brave cub pack leader - Ingrid Loyau-Kennett,' he said.
'When told by the attacker that he wanted to start a war in London she replied “You’re going to lose. It’s only you versus many.” She spoke for us all.’
Footage emerged from the scene of the murder soon afterwards yesterday, with a video released by ITV News, showing the first picture of a man with bloodied hands, carrying weapons and saying: 'We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you'.
Witnesses said they apparently shouted 'Allahu Akbar', which means 'God is great' in Arabic while hacking the poor victim to death.
After the attack, one of the men said in a clear south London accent: 'You people will never be safe.
'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
An eyewitness said Michael Adeboljo had been seen preaching in Woolwich town centre last week.
Jamie France, 29, who witnessed the attack from his 18th floor flat overlooking the scene, said his mother had recognised him instantly from film footage shot after the attack.
He said: ‘I spoke to my mum on the phone and showed her the video footage from the internet, and she told me that she recognised one of the men with the knife.
‘She said she'd seen him last week preaching in Woolwich town centre. She said she remembers him because he'd been really angry and was saying all this political stuff.’
In broad daylight, he and his accomplice had just repeatedly stabbed and tried to behead an off-duty soldier in front of passers-by.
The two black men in their 20s then waited calmly for the police to arrive before charging at officers brandishing a rusty revolver, knives and meat cleavers.
They were then shot by armed officers, and both suspects are under guard in separate hospitals this morning.
But it was the brave female Cub Scout leader, from Cornwall, whose son lives in Woolwich, who confronted the armed men. 
Police today raided a Lincolnshire house which is believed to be connected with Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo
'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
An eyewitness said Michael Adeboljo had been seen preaching in Woolwich town centre last week.
Jamie France, 29, who witnessed the attack from his 18th floor flat overlooking the scene, said his mother had recognised him instantly from film footage shot after the attack.
He said: ‘I spoke to my mum on the phone and showed her the video footage from the internet, and she told me that she recognised one of the men with the knife.
‘She said she'd seen him last week preaching in Woolwich town centre. She said she remembers him because he'd been really angry and was saying all this political stuff.’
In broad daylight, he and his accomplice had just repeatedly stabbed and tried to behead an off-duty soldier in front of passers-by.
The two black men in their 20s then waited calmly for the police to arrive before charging at officers brandishing a rusty revolver, knives and meat cleavers.
They were then shot by armed officers, and both suspects are under guard in separate hospitals this morning.
But it was the brave female Cub Scout leader, from Cornwall, whose son lives in Woolwich, who confronted the armed men. 
Police today raided a Lincolnshire house which is believed to be connected with Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo
Chilling words of bloodied man is caught on film
Shouting: The alleged killer, who went by the Muslim name Muhajid, said: 'We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you'
'I saw a man on the road, obviously injured and a car badly crashed I assumed it was a road accident, although the car was funny on the pavement, it was not coming on the road,' she told ITV's Daybreak.
'When I approached the body there was a lady cradling him and then the guy, the most excited one of the two said, don’t go too close to the body.
'I could see a butcher's knife and you know these axes butchers have to cut -that's what he had and blood all over him. I thought what the heck what happened here?
'Okay I thought obviously he was a bit excited, so I thought the thing was just to talk to him'.
Moved: Three young women prepare to lay flowers where the unnamed soldier was murdered brutally yesterday
Message: A handwritten note was also left by one member of the public left distraught by what happened to the murdered man
Attached to a bunch of white roses, the neatly written note is from a person who didn't know the victim but felt moved to visit where he died
Ms Loyau-Kennett said she was not trained in any way to deal with the situation - she used to be a teacher.
'I know it’s big today, for me he was just a regular guy, just a bit upset. He was not on drugs, he was not drunk.’
She said the man told her 'Don't touch, I killed him.'
When she questioned him, he said 'He is a British soldier, he killed people, he killed Muslim people, in Muslim countries. ‘
Crime scene: Scotland Yard officers guard the busy area of Woolwich where the attack happened, which Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed was a likely terror attack
Poignant: Flowers are left outside the Royal Artillery Barracks this morning, one containing the note which said simply: 'You are a hero'
![Upsetting: Soldiers leave their barracks in uniform today as they digest what has happened to a comrade]()
Upsetting: Soldiers leave their barracks in uniform today as they digest what has happened to a comrade
![Standing guard: A sombre looking British soldier stands guard at the barracks in Woolwich, close to the murder scene]()
Standing guard: A sombre looking British soldier stands guard at the barracks in Woolwich, close to the murder scene
Ms Loyau-Kennett explained the man holding the knife told her it was for 'all the bomb droppings and killings, blindly, women.'
When asked if she feared for her life she replied: 'Better me than the children. There were mothers with children. It was important.
MPs have praised her 'extraordinary bravery' today.
Shocked well-wishers also left floral tributes at the main entrance to the Royal Artillery barracks on Repository Road Woolwich.
A green Help For Heroes T-shirt had also been left as a tribute.
One message says: 'So very sorry, our thoughts are with your family, friends and comrades. Deepest Sympathy.'
Another read: 'To the poor young man who lost his life on this very sad day, I never knew you but you will stay in my heart forever. I'm so sorry that I couldn't stop them vile criminals. I will never forget this and you will always live on in my heart and many others. I pray you are at peace now.' ![The footage also shows two men being detained by police on the ground]()
Aftermath: The men waited for 20 minutes saying they wanted to shoot the police, but were gunned down themselves and are shown here being detained
Weapon: This battered car was used to crush the soldier against a sign in front. The streak of blood in front shows how they dragged his body into the street
A third tribute said: "Dear the poor soldier that lost your life, you didn't deserve what happened to you. You fought for us and then this happened. You are always in our hearts.'
A group of military wives - some pushing prams - came to lay flowers at the main gates of the barracks today to pay their respects to the dead soldier.
One of the women, in her 20s, who did not want to be named, said: 'We are a group of military wives.
'We live just outside the base. We are all just very numb at the moment - shaken up and very shocked. It could have been any one of our husbands.
'He was a young guy who cared very much about his job, like they all do. I think he was in training.'
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Events: Police were called at 2.20pm yesterday as the attack took place.
This has led to raids all over England, including properties believed to be occupied by Michael Adebolajo's parents and sister. Four others were taken away in Greenwich.
COBRA: Mayor of London Boris Johnson and David Cameron' at Downing Street Cobra Meeting regarding the brutal attack on Lee Rigby
DID YOU SEE THE BRUTAL ATTACK?
Did you witness the killing and take pictures or video?
Or do you know the men involved?
Mr Wijat's friend Magic Rabbit 
Lee Rigby 'had multiple wounds'
