Michael Adebolajo who faces court for murdering a British soldier in London in May 2013, told at his trial on December 9, 2013, Monday that he loves Al-Qaeda and considers the Islamic militants to be his “brothers”.
A 28-year-old murderer was taken to London’s Old Bailey court surrounded by security guards, where he began giving evidence.
He and Michael Adebowale, 22, are accused of murdering 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby in broad daylight as he walked back to his London barracks in May 2013.
The court has heard that the pair ran Rigby over with a car before attacking him with knives. Adebolajo attempted to behead him with a meat cleaver.
The defendants, both Britons of Nigerian descent, deny murder.
The soldier’s family sat just metres (feet) from Adebolajo in the courtroom as he said:
“Al-Qaeda, I consider to be mujahideen. I love them, they’re my brothers.”
The defendant, who wore a black Islamic robe, added that he has never met members of the militant group.
The trial heard last week that Adebolajo told police he and Adebowale targeted a soldier because they believed this was “the most fair target” in an attack aimed at avenging the deaths of Muslims abroad.
Adebolajo said that they attacked Rigby “for one reason and one reason only – that’s foreign policy”.
The jury heard that he was raised as a Christian but converted to Islam in his first year at Greenwich University in south London, close to where Rigby was killed, in 2002 or 2003.
“My religion is everything,” the married father-of-six told the court.
Growing up in Romford, east of London, he said that the “vast majority” of his school friends were white Britons. One of them had joined the army and was killed in Iraq.
Adebolajo said he held former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who sent British forces to join the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, “responsible” for his friend’s death.
Adebolajo tried to travel to Somalia in 2010, but was captured in Kenya and brought back to Britain, the court heard.
He said that before the brutal attack on Rigby, he had attended demonstrations organised by an Islamist group banned under British anti-terror laws, but then realised the protests were “impotent rage”.
“In reality, no demonstration will make a difference,” he added.
The defendant, who has asked to be called Mujaahid Abu Hamza in court, said several times that he was a “soldier” and that he did not regret what happened to Rigby.
“I will never regret obeying the command of Allah. That is all I can say,” he said.
He told police after the brutal attack on May 22 that he tried to behead Rigby because it was the most “humane” way to kill him, comparing it to halal butchery methods.
I loved the editor to please re-edit every single statement of this page. Borrow this listed clips. (1) how many persons were taken and report as criminal on that crime sceme. (2) how many persons were taken to court and dispayed to the mass media consigning the london crime sceme at trial. (2) how many time as he or all of them been arrested on any related case both in london or any part of africans continent. (3) as any of the imagies displayed by the mass media been futured formally online, true a parited movie industries or been used in a calendar online in remark of her death.e.g. photograph of mother of micheal adebolajo’s, but the second’s mother wasn’t displayed by mass media. (4) what was the normal job each of the arrested persons do during their visitation to london. (5) how many time as they be futured in any kind of a movie. (6) as they ever visited nigeria, or when did they left the country. (7) who was their travilling agent that walk our their travilling, if their is none then what was the reason for their travilling to london. (8) can i single person be refered to as too, in a court of law. Lastly it will be of greatful if the answer to this questions been paste on this same news wall.
Infact, it really needs to be edited!!! Mass media should be very careful in matters like this, and find the true basis and any genuine reason, before posting anything so as not to tarnish d image of any religion . May Almighty Almighty forgive us and bless us all
Which image are you talking about here? You have no religion at the first place so need protecting it. The Journalist that posted this is a professional and should be given credit for doing a good job without fear or favour.
Which image are you talking about here? You have no religion at the first place so no need protecting it. The Journalist that posted this is a professional and should be given credit for doing a good job without fear or favour.