Authorities just keep on uncovering more information in the horrific slaying of Drummer Lee Rigby that took place in London last week.
Metropolitan Police investigating the killing of the 25-year-old soldier who was run over by attackers then butchered by knives, arrested three more men in the murder investigation Saturday.
According to reports, stun guns were used on two of the three men, aged 24 and 28 in the arrest which came after members of an extremist right-wing group held a march chanting the victim’s name.
Huffington Post reports:
The latest arrests came as an estimated 1,500 members of an extremist right-wing group called the English Defense League marched in the northern English city of Newcastle, chanting Rigby’s name. In the southern English city of Portsmouth, police arrested two men for a racially motivated assault as hundreds of demonstrators gathered near one mosque, while several more people were detained for alleged racist offenses elsewhere.
The two men suspected of killing the soldier, Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, remained under armed guard in separate London hospitals after police shot them at the scene. of the crime.
Yesterday, it was reported that counter-terrorism police also are questioning a friend of Adebolajo, who was arrested Friday night immediately after he appeared on BBC Television, giving an interview detailing why he thought Adebolajo may have become radicalized.
The newly arrested suspects have yet to be named by police.
SOURCE: Huffington Post
