'This has brought our family profound shame and distress': Relatives of soldier murder suspect break their silence at 'senseless killing' of Drummer Lee Rigby

The family of Michael Adebolajo, one of the men arrested over the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, today expressed their 'profound shame and distress' over the 'senseless killing' and sent their 'heartfelt condolence' to the soldier’s relatives.
He and Michael Adebowale, 22, were both shot by police in the wake of Drummer Rigby's death after apparently charging towards armed officers.
Adebowale was discharged from hospital on this afternoon and moved to police custody.
The Adebolajo family said: 'Nothing we can say can undo the events of last week. 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.
'We send our heartfelt condolences to Lee Rigby's family and loved ones.'

'Shame': The family of Michael Adebolajo, pictured carrying a knife and meat cleaver in the aftermath of the attack, have issued a statement condemning the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby

They said that they 'wholeheartedly condemn' terrorism, and 'fully expect' that Drummer Rigby's killers will be brought to justice.
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. We believe that all right thinking members of society share this view wherever they were born and whatever their religion and political beliefs.

Murdered: Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was 'hacked to death' outside his army barracks in Woolwich last week

'We wholeheartedly condemn all those who engage in acts of terror and fully reject any suggestion by them that religion or politics can justify this kind of violence.

'We unreservedly put our faith in the rule of law and with others fully expect that all the perpetrators will be brought to justice under the law of the land.'
Last Friday, Michael Odebolajo's sister Blessing was pictured smiling as she stepped into a police car outside her home in Romford, Essex.
It is understood the 32-year has not been arrested but is helping police with their inquiries.
Drummer Rigby was hacked to death near Woolwich barracks in south east London last Wednesday and Adebowale and Adebolajo were both arrested on suspicion of his murder.
Today, Adebowale was further arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer.
So far, 10 people have been held by detectives investigating the young soldier's death, including Adebowale and Adebolajo.
These include a 50-year-old man who was held in Welling, south-east London, on Monday and is currently being questioned.

Family: Blessing Daniels, the sister of Michael Adebolajo, was pictured smiling as she stepped into an unmarked police car outside her home in Romford, Essex

Suspect: Michael Adebolajo was pictured with a group of Muslim extremists who fought with police outside the Old Bailey in 2006

A 22-year-old man arrested in Highbury, north London, on Sunday and three men detained on Saturday over the killing have all been released on bail, as has a fifth man, aged 29.

MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING THREATS ON FACEBOOK AGAINST MUSLIMS

A man accused of making threats on Facebook to make a bomb and massacre Muslims after the killing of drummer Lee Rigby has been arrested.
Tony Perrin, 27, a scaffolder, was arrested close to his home in Norbury, south London, on Saturday May 25, after police were made aware of his alleged threats on the social network.
He is accused of posting a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character. 
He has been bailed to appear at Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court on June 12.

Two women, aged 29 and 31, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder but later released without charge.
In the wake of the attack it emerged that Adebolajo and Adebowale were both known to MI5.
Adebolajo was also arrested by Kenyan authorities three years ago because they feared he was attempting to join an al Qaida-linked militant group, the country's anti-terrorism police said.
Adebolajo is said to have joined the banned Islamist organisation Al Muhajiroun, which promotes Sharia law, and other controversial groups banned under the Terrorism Act.
Insiders said he disappeared two years ago.
He is said to have been well-known on the Islamic extremist scene in Britain and may have been stopped or arrested on his way to join the militant Islamist group Al Shabaab in Somalia in the past year.
Lee Rigby's death has sparked a public outpouring of grief, with hundreds of tributes to the father-of-one left near the scene of the crime by Woolwich Barracks.

Police raided a Lincolnshire house which is believed to be connected with Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo last week

The curtains at the house in Lincolnshire remained closed following last week's raid

Neighbours said the same family had lived in the house for about a decade

AN EXTREMIST WHO WAS RAISED AS A CHRISTIAN

Michael Adebolajo, 28, was born in Lambeth, south London, in 1985 to a Christian family of Nigerian descent.

At the age of 15 or 16 he started getting involved in Islam and started to speak about Jihadi ideas.

He joined several extremist groups - including Al Muhajiroun - that were banned in Britain and in 2003 converted to Islam, calling himself Mujaheed while at Marshalls Park School.

Fearing he had become radicalised, his parents moved him away from Romford to a village in Lincolnshire.

He then went to university in Greenwich, living in Eltham while he was a student.

A former friend told the Evening Standard that he was a Christian.

The friend said: 'He started getting involved with Islam aged about 15 or 16, and that is why his parents moved him away out of the area. It is utterly shocking to see what he has done. It’s unbelievable.'

The security services, including MI5, were aware of him and his suspected accomplice Michael Adebowale, 22, from Greenwich.

Police were last week seen outside a £365,000 detached house in a Lincolnshire village where they raided a home where Adebolajo is listed as having lived in the past.
The Lincolnshire property being searched by police is believed to belong to Adebolajo’s Nigerian-born father, Anthony Olumfemi Adebolajo.
But according to the Land Registry, the owner of the house is Joshua Anthony Olufemi Daniels, who bought it in 2002 for £218,000.
Neighbours said they knew the owner as Tony, an NHS nurse or nursing manager.
It is thought the suspected killer’s father may have adopted the surname Daniels, although it is unclear why.
Mr Adebolajo, 56, is believed to be a trained nurse now working in a managerial capacity within the NHS.
Mr Adebolajo bought the property in 2002. At one time a woman who wore a burka was thought to live with him.
They believed he had up to four grown up children, although few if any are thought to have stayed at the house for any period of time.
Michael Adebolajo was listed as being a resident there in 2004, shortly after the family moved in.
One nearby resident said: 'I know his family have ties to London, but whoever is at this house is very secretive. The curtains are always drawn at the front and the back, I've never seen anybody in the garden, either.' 
The murder has sparked a flurry of activity by the English Defence League and more than 1,000 supporters marched to Downing Street on Monday chanting 'Muslim killers off our streets' and 'There's only one Lee Rigby'.
A massive police presence kept them separate from a smaller group of anti-fascist activists, with officers making 13 arrests in total for a range of public-order offences.
Forces charity Help for Heroes announced it will not accept any donations raised by EDL leader Tommy Robinson or other members of the group, or any political party.

A block of flats in Harold Hill, Essex, where police and forensics staff searched a top floor home

Michael Adebolajo grew up in this house in Romford, Essex, until he was around 15 when he is believed to have converted to Islam

Police are now investigating two attacks by vandals on the RAF Bomber Command memorial and the Animals in War memorial in London.
Both were daubed with graffiti and although the words written on the two memorials have now been covered up, it is thought 'Islam' had been written on each of them.
Home Secretary Theresa May has strongly indicated she would seek to revive legislation giving security agencies access to public communications data.
She told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: 'We are now working through across the Government what action we can take but I'm clear, the law enforcement agencies, the intelligence agencies need access to communications data and that is essential to them doing their job.'
Her disclosure came after Downing Street confirmed the launch of a new terror taskforce to crack down on extremism.
The group, comprising Cabinet ministers and top police and security service officials, will focus on radical preachers who seek out potential recruits in prisons, schools, colleges and mosques.

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