The Ministry of Defence has named the young victim killed in the suspected terrorist attack in Woolwich yesterday (Wednesday 22 May) as 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
In a statement released on their website , the MoD announced the news:
"It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that the soldier killed...
Prime Minister David Cameron has given a statement today (23 May) about the violent killing of a young soldier in Woolwich which he said "has sickened us all".
The soldier has been named by the Ministry of Defence as 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - a father of a two-year-old son, Jack.
One man has been killed in a major incident in Woolwich in south-east London on Wednesday afternoon.
Although neither the police or the government has at this stage confirmed the attack as a terrorist incident, the Prime Minister, speaking from Paris said there is a "strong indication" that this was the case.
Initial reports suggest that the dead man, who was believed to be...
