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BEHEADING EYEWITNESS SPEAKS Woolwich machete attack like something from a film
- Published_at:2013-05-22
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:WorldConflictReport
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- description: Michael Atley, who witnessed the aftermath of an apparent machete attack in Woolwich, South East London, says it was "gruesome and shocking". UK soldier beheaded outside army barracks in Woolwich, London A man believed to be soldier has been beheaded in a barbaric attack by two men on a street outside Woolwich army barracks in South East London. In the shocking scene, one the killers addressed witnesses saying "you will never be safe". ITV news reported that one of the men shot by police said to astonished bystanders who witnessed the attack: "We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. I apologise that women have had to witness this today, but in our land our women have to see the same. You people will never be safe. Remove your government, they don't care about you." One witness told LBC radio that the two men "were hacking at this guy literally. They were hacking at him, chopping him, cutting him, like he was a piece of meat. They were just animals. They dragged him from the pavement and dumped his body in the middle of the road." ITV has also said it has footage of one of the attackers who says "We swear by almighty Allah, we will never stop fighting you". After the man was killed the two men dumped him on the street. Armed police who responded to incident have also reportedly shot and injured two people, one of them seriously. Officers were called to the area at around 2:20 pm and the surrounding area has been cordoned off by police. The incident happened next to Woolwhich barracks but the Ministry of Defense has not yet confirmed whether the dead man was in fact a soldier. A spokesman from Scotland Yard said, "Officers have responded to an incident in John Wilson Street at 2:20 pm today. We believe at this stage that officers were called to reports of an assault." The London Air Ambulance also confirmed that a doctor and a paramedic were sent to the scene at 14:27 pm. Prime Minster David Cameron confirmed that he had asked the Home Secretary Theresa May to chair a meeting of Cobra, the government's emergency committee and that she had requested updates from MI5 and the Metropolitan Police and the government were treating the incident as suspected terrorist attack. The Defense Secretary Phillip Hammond and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson have also arrived at the Cobra meeting. Cameron said at a press conference with French President Francoise Hollande that there were "strong indications that it is a terrorist incident." BEHEADING In BROAD DAYLIGHT; UK Terror Suspects POSE FOR PICTURES Taken By HORRIFIED ONLOOKERS
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