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             Kenya Arrested British Solider Murder Suspect in 2010

   Kenyan officials say a suspect in last week`s savage murder of a
   British soldier in London was arrested in 2010 near the East African
   country`s border with Somalia.
   Michael Adebolajo and five others were detained and questioned by
   Kenyan authorities in the port city of Mombasa over links to the
   al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group al-Shabab.
   Adebolajo was believed to have been preparing to train and fight with
   al-Shabab, but was released after two days due to lack of evidence.
   Kenya`s government spokesman said he was arrested under the fake name
   he was using at the time - Michael Olemendis Ndemolajo - and handed to
   British authorities.
   The spokesman rejected allegations that Adebolajo was tortured while in
   custody.
   British soldier Lee Rigby, who had served a tour of duty in
   Afghanistan, was killed in broad daylight last week near the Royal
   Artillery Barracks in southeast London. Video footage shows Adebolajo
   wielding a bloodied knife and meat cleaver, shouting threats and "God
   is Great" in Arabic.
   On Saturday, British police arrested three men in their 20`s in
   connection with the murder, two of them at a residential address in
   southeast London and one on a London street. All three were arrested on
   suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
   Also Saturday, thousands in northern British city of Newcastle
   protested Rigby`s murder and demanded more government efforts to
   monitor radicals and extremists in the country.
   The two suspects in the stabbing - Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale -
   remain under guard in a hospital after being shot by police during
   their apprehension.
   Both suspects are believed to have converted to Islam after being
   brought up Christian by their African immigrant families. The two men
   told bystanders they were acting in retaliation against British forces
   killing Muslims. Neither one has been charged.
   Another young man was arrested Friday on "suspicion of the commission,
   preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism." News reports identify
   him as Abu Nusaybah, a friend of Michael Adebolajo.
   In an interview with the BBC hours before his arrest, Nusaybah said
   Adebolajo had been approached by Britain`s security service months ago
   to work as an informant, which he refused. Nusaybah said Adebolajo had
   changed after a visit to Kenya.
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