Murder & homicide · 2013 · 2010s

Murder of Lee Rigby

In 2013 off-duty soldier Fusilier Lee Rigby was run over and hacked to death near Woolwich Barracks in south-east London by two Islamist extremists. Both attackers were convicted of murder; the case prompted debate about radicalisation and military security.

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