THE LONDON MURDER ASSAILANT IS A NIGERIAN.
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Adebolajo(1st Killer)
(2nd killer)
Two Britons of Nigerian origin have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder yesterday of a serving soldier in Woolwich, London. Media reports said today that the suspects however may not have links to Nigerian militant groups such as Islamist movement Boko Haram.
One of the two Nigerians, the one wielding bloodied knives before the camera, has been identified as Michael Adebolajo, son of devout Christian parents, who converted to Islam about 10 years ago. He is 28 years old.
“He converted around 2003 to Islam, before I met him and I knew him as his convert name Mujaheed when he used to attend our demonstrations and lectures,” claimed London cleric Anjem Choudary, according to Metro UK. Choudary, himself a controversial imam in Britain and outspoken critic of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, called Adebolajo a “quiet” and “pleasant lad,” a report by Daily News said. The self-proclaimed jihadi may have been a student at London’s University of Greenwich and lived in the area around 2004 and 2005. A spokeswoman for the school wouldn’t confirm Thursday whether he attended classes, said.
Adebolajo is allegedly seen in a cellphone video clutching a bloodied knife and ranting just moments after the soldier was viciously slaughtered and beheaded Wednesday afternoon “like a piece of meat,” witnesses said. Britain’s national security chiefs met on Thursday as counter-terrorism police investigated the murder of the soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by the suspects, believed to be Islamist extremists.
Adebolajo(1st Killer)
(2nd killer)
Two Britons of Nigerian origin have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder yesterday of a serving soldier in Woolwich, London. Media reports said today that the suspects however may not have links to Nigerian militant groups such as Islamist movement Boko Haram.
One of the two Nigerians, the one wielding bloodied knives before the camera, has been identified as Michael Adebolajo, son of devout Christian parents, who converted to Islam about 10 years ago. He is 28 years old.
“He converted around 2003 to Islam, before I met him and I knew him as his convert name Mujaheed when he used to attend our demonstrations and lectures,” claimed London cleric Anjem Choudary, according to Metro UK. Choudary, himself a controversial imam in Britain and outspoken critic of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, called Adebolajo a “quiet” and “pleasant lad,” a report by Daily News said. The self-proclaimed jihadi may have been a student at London’s University of Greenwich and lived in the area around 2004 and 2005. A spokeswoman for the school wouldn’t confirm Thursday whether he attended classes, said.
Adebolajo is allegedly seen in a cellphone video clutching a bloodied knife and ranting just moments after the soldier was viciously slaughtered and beheaded Wednesday afternoon “like a piece of meat,” witnesses said. Britain’s national security chiefs met on Thursday as counter-terrorism police investigated the murder of the soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by the suspects, believed to be Islamist extremists.
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