On 22 May 2013 Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale murdered 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby close to his Woolwich barracks. Adebolajo and Adebowale, both British Muslim converts of Nigerian descent with low-level gang links and suspected jihadist interests, knocked Rigby over in their car before attacking him with knives. Adebolajo attempted to decapitate Rigby with a meat cleaver. When an armed police response team arrived, Adebowale brandished an unloaded 90-year-old Dutch-produced KNIL 9.4 mm revolver and was shot by armed police.
murder done for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause
Adebolajo and Adebowale, both British Muslim converts of Nigerian descent, knocked Rigby over in their car before attacking him with knives. Adebolajo attempted to decapitate Rigby with a meat cleaver.
murder done for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause
Adebolajo and Adebowale, both British Muslim converts of Nigerian descent, knocked Rigby over in their car before attacking him with knives. Adebolajo attempted to decapitate Rigby with a meat cleaver.
Central Criminal Court of England and Wales
This case illustrates the link between terrorism and firearms.