[h=3]By BRUCE ORWALL[/h]LONDON—Police made more arrests here Saturday evening in their widening probe of Wednesday's murder of a British soldier near a military barracks in southeast London.
The Metropolitan Police said they arrested two men, ages 24 and 28, at a residential address in southeast London, while a 21-year-old man was arrested on the street. Two of the men were taken into custody with the use of a Taser but weren't hospitalized. Police didn't identify any of the three, who were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
The arrests are the latest in the wake of the killing of 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby in the Woolwich district of London on Wednesday. Witnesses said the victim was attacked by two men with knives and a cleaver on a city street early that afternoon. Two men—identified by people familiar with the matter as 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo and 22-year-old Michael Adebowale—were shot and arrested by police that day and remain hospitalized and in custody.
The probe into Mr. Rigby's death has resulted in numerous other arrests. On Friday night, Abu Nusaybah, a friend of Mr. Adebolajo's, was arrested outside the studios of the British Broadcasting Corp., the BBC said, according to the Associated Press. Mr. Nusaybah had just given a television interview in which he said Mr. Adebolajo was radicalized and alleged that British security services had tried to recruit Mr. Adebolajo. Police confirmed a 31-year-old man was arrested Friday night in London and was being questioned, the AP said, adding that Mr. Nusaybah's account couldn't immediately be verified.
Mr. Nusaybah had earlier said in an interview via Twitter with The Wall Street Journal that Mr. Adebolajo "was always hurt if he heard of Muslims being harmed" anywhere in the world.
On Saturday evening, police said that a 29-year-old man who on Thursday had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder had been bailed pending further charges.
London has been under a heightened police presence since the attacks. On Saturday in Newcastle, police said that between 1,500 and 2,000 people turned out for a demonstration by the far-right English Defense League. A number of arrests were made, but police reported no major trouble.
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The Metropolitan Police said they arrested two men, ages 24 and 28, at a residential address in southeast London, while a 21-year-old man was arrested on the street. Two of the men were taken into custody with the use of a Taser but weren't hospitalized. Police didn't identify any of the three, who were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
The arrests are the latest in the wake of the killing of 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby in the Woolwich district of London on Wednesday. Witnesses said the victim was attacked by two men with knives and a cleaver on a city street early that afternoon. Two men—identified by people familiar with the matter as 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo and 22-year-old Michael Adebowale—were shot and arrested by police that day and remain hospitalized and in custody.
The probe into Mr. Rigby's death has resulted in numerous other arrests. On Friday night, Abu Nusaybah, a friend of Mr. Adebolajo's, was arrested outside the studios of the British Broadcasting Corp., the BBC said, according to the Associated Press. Mr. Nusaybah had just given a television interview in which he said Mr. Adebolajo was radicalized and alleged that British security services had tried to recruit Mr. Adebolajo. Police confirmed a 31-year-old man was arrested Friday night in London and was being questioned, the AP said, adding that Mr. Nusaybah's account couldn't immediately be verified.
Mr. Nusaybah had earlier said in an interview via Twitter with The Wall Street Journal that Mr. Adebolajo "was always hurt if he heard of Muslims being harmed" anywhere in the world.
On Saturday evening, police said that a 29-year-old man who on Thursday had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder had been bailed pending further charges.
London has been under a heightened police presence since the attacks. On Saturday in Newcastle, police said that between 1,500 and 2,000 people turned out for a demonstration by the far-right English Defense League. A number of arrests were made, but police reported no major trouble.
Write to Bruce Orwall at [email protected]