One of the men shot by police in the wake of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby has been discharged from hospital, Scotland Yard said...
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The 22-year-old, understood to be Michael Adebowale, from Greenwich, south east London, was taken into custody at a police station in south London this afternoon.
He was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Drummer Rigby on May 22, and this afternoon was further arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer.
Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, was killed in Woolwich, South London, last week. A 22-year-old was arrested in connection with his murder and is now in police custody
He will now be interviewed by detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command.
Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo, 28, have been recovering in hospital after they were both shot by armed police in the immediate aftermath of Drummer Rigby's murder.
The family of Adebolajo today expressed their 'profound shame and distress' over the 'senseless killing' and sent their 'heartfelt condolence' to the soldier’s relatives.
The young soldier was hacked to death near Woolwich barracks in south-east London last Wednesday, and since his death detectives have arrested 10 people.
These include Adebowale and Adebolajo, as well as a 50-year-old man who was held in Welling, south-east London yesterday and is currently being questioned.
A 22-year-old man arrested in Highbury, north London, on Sunday, and three men detained on Saturday over the killing have all been released on bail, as has a fifth man, aged 29.
Two women, aged 29 and 31, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder but later released without charge.
In the wake of the attack it emerged that Adebolajo and Adebowale were both known to MI5.
Adebolajo was also arrested by Kenyan authorities three years ago because they feared he was attempting to join an al Qaida-linked militant group, the country's anti-terrorism police said.
The murder has sparked a flurry of activity by far right group the English Defence League, and yesterday more than 1,000 supporters marched to Downing Street chanting 'Muslim killers off our streets' and 'There's only one Lee Rigby' in tribute to the soldier.
Warrior: Drummer Rigby firing a machine gun during his tour of duty in Afghanistan
Tribute: Hundreds of mourners have laid flowers at the site of the soldier's death...
Drummer Lee Rigby wearing a Help For Heroes sweatshirt two days before he was killed...
A massive police presence kept them separate from a smaller group of anti-fascist activists, with officers making 13 arrests in total for a range of public order offences.
Two of those arrested have since been charged with public order offences, with a third charged with possession of a bladed article and another charged with possession of Class A drugs.
Five have been released without charge and a further four have been released on bail pending further inquiry.
A further four arrests were made following alleged anti-social behaviour in Leicester Square.
Police are still trying to identify others involved.
Forces charity Help for Heroes announced it will not accept any donations raised by EDL leader Tommy Robinson or other members of the group, or any political party.
Police are now investigating two attacks by vandals on the RAF Bomber Command memorial and the Animals in War memorial in London.
Both were daubed with graffiti and although the words written on the two memorials have now been covered up, it is thought 'Islam' had been written on each of them.
Respect: A girl lays flowers at the site of the murder. Hundreds of people turned the area in to a sea of flowers...
Rage: The murder has also sparked angry protests from the English Defence League and counter demonstrations held by the group Unite Against Facism...
Home Secretary Theresa May has strongly indicated she would seek to revive legislation giving security agencies access to public communications data.
She told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: 'We are now working through across the Government what action we can take but I'm clear, the law enforcement agencies, the intelligence agencies need access to communications data and that is essential to them doing their job.'
Her disclosure came after Downing Street confirmed the launch of a new terror taskforce to crack down on extremism.
The group, comprising Cabinet ministers and top police and security service officials, will focus on radical preachers who seek out potential recruits in prisons, schools, colleges and mosques.
Hate: The Grimsby Mosque which has been attacked twice following the brutal killing...
Mourning: Lee Rigby's heartbroken fiancee Aimee West, 22, wept uncontrollably while visiting the spot where he was murdered..
Loss: Rebecca Rigby (centre), the estranged wife of murdered British soldier Lee Rigby, reacts as she stands with her mother Sara McClure (right), after laying a wreath...
Culled from The Daily Mail UK...
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