May 2013 UK terror attack

On 22 May 2013 a British soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby, was murdered in an Islamic terrorist attack at Woolwich, London, England. The terrorists first ran him down with a car and then attacked him with a meat cleaver.[1] The two terrorists were shot, but not killed, by police.[2] They were identified as Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale. Both were convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[3]

## See also[edit]

* March 2017 UK terror attack

## References[edit]

1. ↑ The Telegraph
2. ↑ Daily Mail
3. ↑ The Guardian