MORE SUSPECTS FROM THE SAME TERRORIST GROUP ARRESTED
Daily Mail UK, 23 May 2013
Man and woman, both 29, arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder following Woolwich terror attack
- It takes total number of arrests over yesterday's London killing to four
- Two men who were shot by police, aged 22, and 28, remain in hospital
- Six residential addresses in London and Lincolnshire searched today
By Daily Mail UK, 23 May 2013
A man and a woman, both 29, were today arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in relation to the Woolwich terror murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, Scotland Yard said.
Moment anti-terror police raid flat and arrest four people just a mile from scene of Woolwich killing
- Armed police sealed off the road before raiding the flat at 6am today
- Four people were seen being led away from the address by police
- Michael Adebolajo, 28, has been identified as one of the two men suspected of murdering Drummer Lee Rigby, 25
- It is thought the girlfriend of the second unnamed suspect lives at the Greenwich address which was raided
This is the dramatic moment anti-terror police carried out a dawn raid on a flat just a mile from the scene where a soldier was brutally murdered.
Armed police officers sealed off the street in Greenwich, south-east London, and burst into the flat at around 6am today.
Four people were seen been led away from the address and put into police vans. Neighbours said police quietly carried out the raids and many of them did not realise what was happening.
Arrest: A suspect sits in the street surrounded by police officers close to the flat in Woolwich which was raided today. Four people were seen being led away by police
A total of four people including the two men shot by police have now been arrested in connection with the killing - and the latest two arrested were being questioned at a south London police station.
The two men who were shot, aged 22 and 28, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in hospital in a stable condition with non life-threatening injuries.
Scotland Yard said six residential addresses were searched today as part of the investigation - three in south London, one in east London, one in north London and one in Lincolnshire.
'This is a large, complex and fast-moving investigation which continues to develop,' a spokesman said. 'Many lines of inquiry are being followed by detectives and the investigation is progressing well.'
Officers recovered various items from the scene and were appealing for witnesses to send in footage and photographs of the incident. A post mortem was taking place on Drummer Rigby's body later today.
Sergeant Barry Ward said he was ‘a loving father’ to his two-year-old son Jack, and had ‘a very bubbly character’.
A shocked and tearful neighbour outside the family home in Middleton, Greater Manchester, who did not want to be named, said: ‘He had always wanted to be in the army since he was knee high.’
A steady stream of relatives and friends visited the house throughout the day to support the family. Police and PCSOs also stood guard outside the house and patrolled the street.
Drummer Rigby, who joined the Army in 2006, had served in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where he was a member of the Fire Support Group in Patrol Base Woqab.
A life-long Manchester United fan, he had also stood outside the Royal Palaces as part of his battalion's public duties commitment.
The Rt Rev Mark Davies, The Bishop of Middleton, said: ‘The nation has been shocked by Lee's death. But the greatest burden is carried by those he knew and loved. Our prayers and sympathies are with his family, friends and those he served with.’
Drummer Rigby's murderers were
British immigrants but of Nigerian descent.
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