英国士兵伦敦街头被杀案宣判 凶手被判终身监禁
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英国士兵伦敦街头被杀案宣判 凶手被判终身监禁
LONDON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two men who hacked1 a British soldier to death on a London street were sentenced to life in prison and a minimum of 45 years in jail, respectively, a British court has ruled.
Michael Adebolajo, 29, was given a whole-life term while Michael Adebowale, 22, is to be jailed for at least 45 years for
killing2 Fusilier Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old British soldier.
Lee Rigby was attacked by Adebolajo and Adebowale with a butcher knife and
cleaver3 near the Royal
Artillery4 Barracks in Woolwich in southeast London in May last year.
The assailants later said they had attacked the off-duty soldier to
avenge5 the deaths of Muslims at the hands of British troops.
"This was a murder with a terrorist connection," the judge said at the court, describing the killing as "sickening and pitiless".
The murder sparked a string of protests last year, with thousands of British residents and veterans taking to the streets to call for an end to the extremist attacks and hate crimes.
"Extremist behavior of any kind will never be tolerated in Britain. While nothing can reverse the
appalling6 crime committed on the streets of Woolwich last May, the significant sentences handed down today reflect this," Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said.
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