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Family lead Lee Rigby tributes

Memorial services for Drummer Lee Rigby have been held in his home city of Manchester and in Woolwich, with his family paying tribute at the spot in south London where the 25-year-old soldier was killed last Wednesday.

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Lee Rigby's relatives leave flowers in Woolwich

Relatives of Drummer Lee Rigby have visited the street in Woolwich, south London where the soldier died.

They joined hundreds of others in leaving flowers at the scene.

Lee Rigby's relatives arriving in Woolwich, south London Credit: ITV News / Martha Fairlie

They hugged and comforted each other as they looked as some of the many thousands of floral tributes that have been left in memory of the soldier.

Lee Rigby's relatives pay their respects close to the spot where he was killed Credit: ITV News / Martha Fairlie

They then crossed the road to look at the exact spot where he was murdered.

One clutched a teddy bear, while others held baskets of flowers which they left at the scene.

A relative leaves flowers in Woolwich Credit: ITV News / Martha Fairlie
A relative reads some of the messages that have been left for soldier Lee Rigby Credit: ITV News / Martha Fairlie

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