Racial Tensions Are High as U.K. Police Arrest Three More Connected to Attack

AP

The U.K. police arrested three more men on Saturday in connection with the gruesome murder of 25-year-old British soldier Lee Rigby. They also arrested one suspect's friend minutes after he gave an interview to the BBC, though he's allegedly not connected to Rigby's investigation. 

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