Parade Marks Anniversary Of Lee Rigby's Murder

A parade has been held in Woolwich to mark the fourth anniversary of Lee Rigby's murder.

The band of the Royal British Legion Romford led the display from Artillery Barracks to the site of his death, joined by veterans and members of the local community.

Lorna Taylor, one of the participants, said it's important for the Rigby family to remember Lee:

 "They don't want him to be forgotten, and he never will."

After the murder, his mother set up the Lee Rigby Foundation to help other bereaved families. She said it was a way to honour her son:

"The idea is to help bereaved families of those who served in the armed forces. We never had much to help when Lee was murdered."

A memorial 'ride of respect' will also be taking place on Monday.

This happens just days after the tribute outside Woolwich Barracks was vandalised:

The attack was the second on the site since Christmas.

Fusilier Rigby, a drummer and machine-gunner with the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was 19 when he joined his regiment in 2006 and had served in Afghanistan.

He was killed outside his barracks by two Islamic extremists while off duty on May 22, 2013. They knocked him down with a car and hacked him to death with a meat cleaver and knives.

The two, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, were sentenced to life in prison in December 2013 after being found guilty.

They said they had murdered the 25-year-old in revenge for British forces killing Muslims abroad and claimed they wanted police to kill them after the murder.

In a report published in 2013, the Intelligence and Security Committee came to the conclusion that agencies could not have prevented Lee's murder despite his killers featuring in a total of seven error-filled operations before the attack.