Woolwich terror attack

The murder of soldier Lee Rigby has provoked a backlash of anger across the UK, including the attacking of mosques, racial abuse and comments made on social media.

The second suspect in the fatal attack on a soldier in Woolwich is named locally as 22-year-old Michael Adebowale, Channel 4 News can reveal.

A local man tells Channel 4 News Home Affairs Correspondent Darshna Soni that Woolwich suspect Michael Adebolajo “has been preaching extremist messages for years”.

“Rest in peace, Lee. We loved you so much. You will always be our hero.” The family of the man murdered in the street in Woolwich, south east London, speak of their grief for the first time.

Two men are arrested for making alleged offensive comments on Twitter about the killing of British soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.

Footage emerges of the moment police shot the two men suspected of murdering a British soldier in broad daylight in the streets of Woolwich.

Exclusive: a friend and neighbour of Woolwich suspect Michael Adebowale tells Channel 4 News she told him to “be careful, do the right thing” when he became a Muslim.

Earlier plans to ban London military personnel from wearing uniform in public are overturned as the Cobra committee rules “the best way to defeat terrorists was to continue with normal life”.

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.

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.

Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo “was just a typical teenager” says a shocked neighbour who knew him when he was growing up in Essex.

English Defence League leader “Tommy Robinson” tells Victoria Macdonald “weak leaders” created the situation which led to the murder of a serving soldier in south east London.

David Cameron has told the public the best way to tackle terrorism, in the wake of the brutal Woolwich attack on Wednesday, is to “stand together” and “go about our normal lives”.

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.