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UK soldier attack: Friend of suspect Michael Adebolajo arrested

FP Archives May 25, 2013, 15:44:36 IST

The friend of the attacker was arrested after he claimed in a television interview in which he claimed UK security services had attempted to recruit one of the killers of a UK soldier

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UK soldier attack: Friend of suspect Michael Adebolajo arrested

London: Counterterrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of a British soldier.

Abu Nusaybah was arrested following a BBC interview in which he said Adebolajo had changed after returning from a visit to Kenya where he claimed he had been physically and sexually abused in detention. [caption id=“attachment_815079” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The friend of one of the suspects has been arrested. AP The friend of one of the suspects has been arrested. AP[/caption] The BBC said Nusaybah was arrested by police outside its studios Friday night immediately after recording the interview. Metropolitan Police confirmed that a 31-year-old man was arrested. Nusaybah told the BBC that Adebolajo had been detained, questioned and abused by security forces in Kenya during a trip there last year. Nusaybah also claimed the U.K.’s security services tried to recruit Adebolajo after he returned to Britain. AP

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