On the afternoon of 22 May 2013 , a British Army soldier , Fusilier Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , was attacked Attack and killed Killing by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich , southeast London .

Adebolajo and Adebowale ran Motion him down with a car , then used Using knives and a cleaver to stab and hack him to death Death .

Adebolajo and Adebowale are British of Nigerian descent , were raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as Christians , and converted Change to Islam .

On 26 February 2014 , they were sentenced Legal_rulings to life imprisonment , with Adebolajo given Giving a whole life order Arranging and Adebowale ordered Arranging to serve at least 45 years .