Accessibility links

Breaking News

London Attack Suspect Appears in Court


A police van carrying Michael Adebowale leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, May 30, 2013.
A police van carrying Michael Adebowale leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, May 30, 2013.
The man accused of killing a British soldier in a suspected terrorist attack has arrived at a London courthouse.

A police van whisked Michael Adebowale, 22, into a courthouse garage Thursday before a throng of cameras.

Police charged him with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. A second man under arrest in last week's deadly stabbing is recovering from a gunshot wound in the hospital.

The two men told bystanders they were acting in retaliation against British forces killing Muslims.

Rigby, a Afghan war veteran, was 25. A makeshift memorial in his honor continues to grow near the attack site, outside a military base in the Woolwich area of London.

Police are continuing their investigation into the attack.

Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.

  • 16x9 Image

    VOA News

    The Voice of America provides news and information in more than 40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of over 326 million people. Stories with the VOA News byline are the work of multiple VOA journalists and may contain information from wire service reports.

XS
SM
MD
LG