"The suspects, one of whom is said to be Islamist protester Michael Adebolajo, were known to security services."
ADDING to post no. 82 and post no. 83:
“Woolwich attack: why was suspect Michael Adebolajo free to kill?”
By Tom Whitehead, David Barrett and Steven Swinford
10:07PM BST 23 May 2013
SNIPPET: “Michael Adebolajo, 28, was the man videoed by witnesses with his hands red with blood following the killing of the soldier, who was named as Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, the father of a two-year-old son.”
SNIPPET: “The Telegraph has learnt that six years ago Adebolajo was arrested after being involved in violent protests by extremists outside the Old Bailey. He was a regular member of a small group of hardcore fanatics who regularly protested alongside some of Britain’s most notorious hate clerics. He was seen preaching anti-Western rhetoric in Woolwich as recently as last week. At one stage he is believed to have tried to travel to Somalia to join the terrorist network Al-Shabaab, but was forced to return to Britain.
Anjem Choudary, the former leader of banned radical group al-Muhajiroun, said Adebolajo regularly attended meetings and demonstrations held by his group and successor organisations.
Omar Bakri Mohammed, a hate preacher banned from Britain, claimed he had converted Adebolajo himself.
The disclosure of his close association with some of Britain’s most notorious Islamic extremists is likely to raise further questions about why he was not deemed a serious threat by the security services.
The second attacker has not been identified but investigators are examining whether he had a criminal past.”
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http://news.sky.com/story/1094560/woolwich-suspects-known-to-security-services
“Woolwich Suspects ‘Known to Security Services’”
4:52pm UK, Thursday 23 May 2013