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Warlord
05-22-2013, 11:07 AM
A man has died and two are injured after police responded to a reported machete attack in south-east London.

The government is reported to be treating the attack as a suspected terrorist incident and the prime minister said it was "truly shocking".

Eyewitnesses said a man was assaulted in a Woolwich street by two individuals who were later shot by officers.

Local Member of Parliament Nick Raynsford said the dead man was a soldier at Woolwich barracks but this has not been confirmed.

Home Secretary Theresa May has summoned a meeting of the government's emergency response committee Cobra to assess the incident.

It is understood she has also requested updates from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, and the head of MI5.

BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the police view is that the attack may have been filmed and footage may exist.

People carrying out the attack were heard to say Allahu Akbar [God is Great] were heard, said our political editor.

London Ambulance Service confirmed one man had been found dead at the scene.

It said two men had been taken to hospital, one in a serious condition.

One of the men was airlifted from the scene, and another was taken away by road ambulance

A spokesperson said an air ambulance and four crews had attended the scene.

Witnesses reported by the Press Association said two people had been shot after armed police were called to an incident in which a man was attacked with a machete-style knife.

One witness, identified only as James, said two men had attacked another man, aged about 20, who was wearing a T-shirt of military charity Help for Heroes.

"These two guys were crazed. They were just animals. They dragged him from the pavement and dumped his body in the middle of the road and left his body there," he told LBC radio.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22630303

kathy88
05-22-2013, 11:12 AM
Ban all sharp instruments from everyone but government officials. Problem solved.

tod evans
05-22-2013, 11:15 AM
Ban all sharp instruments from everyone but government officials. Problem solved.



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Expatriate
05-22-2013, 11:51 AM
Apparently the attackers had a gun as well, even though that's ILLEGAL in London, how odd.

Although I guess they didn't need it because the obedient peasants had all disarmed themselves according to law, and had no way of stopping even a sharp-object attack.

Yay for the Middle Ages! Bands of men with clubs and sharp things can once again assert their power over everyone else!