Woolwich Soldier Murder: New Arrest Made

Police investigating the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich have made a 10th arrest.

Officers arrested a 50-year-old man in Welling, east London, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, as tributes to the soldier continue to pour in.

People from across the country have travelled to Woolwich, queuing throughout the day to leave messages of condolence for his family.

Many of them added fresh flowers to the banks of bouquets on either side of the road on which the 25-year-old was attacked last week.

Sky News reporter Siobhan Robbins, in Woolwich, said the flowers already fill half the pavement.

"These are people not only paying their respects to Drummer Rigby but saying, 'We're not going to be frightened and we don't accept this kind of crime on our streets'," she said.

"Earlier today at a local supermarket, I saw people queuing up with bunches of flowers in their hands. The shop has now completely sold out because people have been coming from far and wide."

Dave Murphy, a biker who rode with 60 of his friends from Kent to Woolwich, brought with him a Help for Heroes flag.

"He was one of us," he said. "He was one of the boys and we want to pay our respects."

The continued outpouring of emotion came as supporters of the English Defence League marched through central London.

The EDL demonstrators pushed their way through a police cordon as they made their way to Trafalgar Square.

They chanted "Muslim killers off our streets" and "There's only one Lee Rigby" in tribute to the soldier killed in Woolwich, south east London last Wednesday.

The protesters held placards that read "Blood on your hands" and "GB RIP".

A much smaller group of anti-fascist demonstrators gathered opposite them holding an "EDL Racists" banner.

Both sides traded insults but were kept apart by officers and barriers.

Three men held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder have been released on bail.

The trio, aged 21, 24 and 28, were arrested in southeast London on Saturday, three days after Drummer Rigby was hit by a car and then attacked with a knife and a meat cleaver. They were bailed to return to a south London police station at a later date.

Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, who were arrested on suspicion of murder at the scene of the killing on Wednesday, remain under arrest.

Detectives are also questioning a 22-year-old man arrested in Highbury Grove, north London, on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

A 29-year-old man arrested on the same charge was previously released on bail, while two women, aged 29 and 31, have been released without charge.

Around 500 police officers are working on the investigation, bolstered by counter-terrorism officers from across the UK .

Meanwhile, a Conservative MP criticised the BBC for giving airtime to Anjem Choudary, the former leader of banned Islamic group al Muhajiroun following the Woolwich attack.

Mark Reckless, the MP for Rochester and Strood, said: "I think to give that particular individual the sort of platform you gave was a mistake.

"Whether we go further and there's a role for government, as with Sinn Fein in the 1980s, I think that is harder but it is certainly something the Home Office is considering.

"I think that's sensible to at least look at the arguments but I do think in the meantime it's very important for broadcasters to exercise proper editorial judgment."

In other developments, police in Nairobi confirmed Adebolajo was arrested in Kenya in 2010.

Adebolajo appeared in court in Mombasa suspected of leading a group of Islamists trying to join the al Shabaab group.

Anti-terrorism unit chief Boniface Mwaniki said Adebolajo was believed to have been preparing to train and fight with the al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group.

He was arrested with five others, and later deported, which is common in Kenya when involvement with terrorism is suspected.

Mr Mwaniki denied accusations that Adebolajo had been abused while in custody in Kenya.

Elsewhere, Downing Street confirmed the launch of a new terror task force to crack down on extremism.

The group, comprising Cabinet ministers and top police and security service officials, will focus on radical preachers who seek out potential recruits in prisons, schools, colleges and mosques.

David Cameron, who is on a family holiday in Ibiza, has also said that the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee will carry out an investigation after it emerged that Adebolajo and Adebowale were known to MI5.

Authorities in France are also investigating whether the murder of Drummer Rigby was linked to an attack on a French soldier , who was stabbed in the neck in a busy shopping area in Paris on Saturday.