A second man has been charged with the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby in south-east London.
The British soldier murdered on the streets of London by two suspected Islamists had fought the Taliban in Afghanistan.
One of two suspects shot by the UK police at the scene of last week's terror attack on a London street in which a British soldier was beheaded has been charged with the murder.
Michael Adebolajo, one of the two men accused of killing a British army man on a London street last month in broad daylight, called himself a "soldier" during a court appearance.
Two Muslim men appeared in court on Monday on charges of brutally hacking to death a British soldier on a London street in May. Michael Adebolajo, 28, made his first court appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London since being charged by police for the murder of soldier Drummer Lee Rigby.
One of the two men being held by police over the murder of soldier Drummer Lee Rigby has been discharged from hospital and moved into custody in a south London police station, the Scotland Yard said.
Two men accused of hacking a British soldier to death on the streets of London last month will stand trial on November 18.
Britain will hold a private military funeral for the soldier who was hacked to death in a terror attack on a London street in May.
Friday's explosion on the London tube is the latest in a string of terror attacks in the United Kingdom in recent years. Here is a timeline of the terror that has unfolded in the UK.
The two "terrorist incidents" at London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday night are among several attacks that have taken place in the United Kingdom in recent years.
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