A 28-year-old man appeared in court Monday after he became the second person to be charged with murder over the death of British soldier Lee Rigby last month on a London street . Michael Adebolajo was dressed in white , had a cast on his left arm and carried a Quran during his 10-minute appearance before Westminster Magistrate 's Court . He spoke to confirm his name and that he was aware of the charges against him . But he kept interrupting the proceedings . He is also charged with attempted murder of two police officers and possession of a firearm . Adebolajo 's case was referred to a higher court -- the Old Bailey in London , also known as the Central Criminal Court . He is due to have a bail hearing there within 48 hours . The other man charged with murder in the case , Michael Adebowale , 22 , appeared in court last week . Police said Rigby was killed in a daylight attack a couple of hundred yards away from the Royal Artillery Barracks in the southeast London district of Woolwich on May 22 . Adebolajo and Adebowale were hospitalized after the attack . Both were released from the hospital into police custody last week . Adebowale 's case has also been referred to the Old Bailey in London . The killing has sparked an intense investigation by police . They announced two other arrests in the case Friday , of men seized on suspicion of supplying illegal firearms . Authorities also moved a man arrested on the suspicion of killing Rigby from a hospital to a police station . The charges against Adebolajo follow news of an inquest into Rigby 's death . The inquest opened Friday at Southwark Coroner 's Court and was quickly adjourned . Detective Chief Inspector Grant Mallon , the senior investigating officer into the death , said two men were incapacitated and detained at the scene of Rigby 's death . In all , 12 people have been arrested , including Adebolajo and Adebowale , in connection with the killing . • Two men , ages 42 and 46 , have been taken to a south London police station . One was arrested Friday in north London and the other in east London on suspicion of supplying illegal firearms . • Six others have been freed on bail , the most recent a 50-year-old man arrested last week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder . • Two were released without charges . Separately , a man who was arrested after he spoke in an interview about Adebolajo on BBC 's `` Newsnight '' has been charged with two counts of dissemination of terrorist publications and one count of encouragement of terrorism . He is Ibrahim Abdullah-Hassan , also known as Abu Nusaybah . The charges are not connected to the Rigby murder investigation , police said . The killing of Rigby , who had served as an infantryman in Afghanistan and Cyprus , shocked people across the United Kingdom . He was married and had a 2-year-old son . On Monday , the British government announced that the Prime Minister David Cameron will lead a task force to tackle extremism -- a result of the Rigby killing . The task force will monitor radicalization in religious and educational institutions and challenge `` poisonous narratives , '' the announcement said .
The hearing lasts 90 minutes . Michael Adebolajo , 28 , has been charged with the murder of a British soldier . Adebolajo also faces charges of the attempted murder of two police officers . British agrees to a task force to investigate radicalization .