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PM: Woolwich 'betrayed Islam'

David Cameron has said the Woolwich attack was 'a betrayal of Islam' after he chaired the first meeting of a new taskforce to tackle terrorism and religious extremism, known as TERFOR, set up after the killing of soldier Lee Rigby.

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PM to address MPs about Drummer Lee Rigby's death

Prime Minister David Cameron will make a Commons statement this afternoon about the death of Drummer Lee Rigby, when MPs return from their half-term break.

Drummer Lee Rigby was killed in an attack in Woolwich on May 22. Credit: MoD

Mr Cameron will make the address after chairing the first meeting of TERFOR, an anti-terrorism task-force set up in the wake of the Woolwich attack.

Mr Cameron cut short an official visit to Paris on the day of Drummer Rigby's death to return to the UK for a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee and made a statement outside 10 Downing Street.

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