{"id":4374,"date":"2013-05-28T19:25:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/uk-murder-suspect-adebolajo-leaves-hospital-for-custody\/"},"modified":"2013-05-28T19:25:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T19:25:52","slug":"uk-murder-suspect-adebolajo-leaves-hospital-for-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/uk-murder-suspect-adebolajo-leaves-hospital-for-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Murder suspect Adebolajo leaves hospital for custody"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the two main suspects in the brutal murder of a British soldier by Islamist extremists near his London barracks was discharged from hospital and taken into police custody on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Michael Adebowale, 22, faces questioning over the murder of soldier Lee Rigby as well as the attempted murder of a police officer, the Metropolitan Police said.<\/p>\n

Adebowale and his fellow suspect in the murder, Michael Adebolajo, 28, were shot and injured by police at the scene near the barracks in Woolwich on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

They have been under police guard in hospital and will be questioned by counter-terrorism officers. <\/p>\n

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Michael Adebolajo: now in custody for murder<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Relatives of Adebolajo expressed “profound shame and distress” over Rigby’s killing and sent their “heartfelt condolence” to his family in a statement released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The family, British residents of Nigerian descent, said religion should never be used to justify violence.<\/p>\n

In a video shot at the scene by a passer-by, Adebolajo held a bloodied knife and a meat cleaver and said the soldier’s killing was “an eye for an eye” because British troops were killing Muslims.<\/p>\n

His family, who are believed to be Christians, said: “Nothing we can say can undo the events of last week.<\/p>\n

“However, as a family, we wish to share with others our horror at the senseless killing of Lee Rigby, and express our profound shame and distress that this has brought to our family.<\/p>\n

“We send our heartfelt condolence to Lee Rigby’s family and loved ones.”<\/p>\n

The family said that they “wholeheartedly condemn” terrorism, and “fully expect” that the soldier’s killers will be brought to justice.<\/p>\n

The statement said: “We wish to state openly that we believe that there is no place for violence in the name of religion or politics.<\/p>\n

“We believe that all right-thinking members of society share this view wherever they were born and whatever their religion and political beliefs.”<\/p>\n

Both Adebolajo and Adebowale are believed to have been known previously to the British intelligence services.<\/p>\n

Adebolajo was arrested in Kenya in 2010 and questioned over alleged links to neighbouring Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militant group, Kenyan authorities have confirmed.<\/p>\n

He was released and deported to Britain because there was insufficient evidence to charge him.<\/p>\n

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