Eyewitness tweets of shooting and machete attack in London is one of the craziest threads you will ever read pic.twitter.com/xcEJpRwTiA
— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) May 22, 2013
It’s #terrorism MT @SkyNewsBreak: London Mayor Boris Johnson calls #Woolwich killing a "sickening, deluded & unforgivable act of violence
— Queen ?? WuTang Virus ???????????? (@LaReinaCreole) May 22, 2013
UK government is treating #Woolwich incident as a terrorist attack, sources tell @BBCNickRobinson. LIVE: http://t.co/6oxEh0OXAe
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) May 22, 2013
A nightmarish scene in southeast London today. A soldier was beheaded in broad daylight by men wielding swords and knives. Two other men were hurt.
Home Secretary Theresa May confirms she has been briefed by MI5 on "sickening and barbaric" incident in #Woolwich
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) May 22, 2013
Yes, it’s jihad.
Local MP Nick Raynsford said he had been told the man attacked in the street was a soldier serving at the Royal Artillery Barracks near the attack.
Mr Raynsford said the soldier had been returning to the barracks after a day out when he was attacked.
London Ambulance Service said one man, believed to be the victim of the machete attack, had died in the incident and two others were injured, one seriously.
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The BBC reported sources had told them the men were shouting “Allahu Akbar” as they carried out the attack and had filmed carrying it out.
One witness, called James, told LBC radio: “We saw clearly two knives, meat cleavers, they were big kitchen knives like you would use in a butcher’s, they were hacking at this poor guy, we thought they were trying to remove organs from him.”
Bone-chilling photos, video, and audio are streaming in through social media:
Woolwich: 2 guys ran someone over, shot him & hacked his head off with a machete
Armed police arrived & shot them pic.twitter.com/8LVdnFSJqW
— Loco Goose ?????? (@CrazyGoose) May 22, 2013
London beheading/machete murder in broad daylight, eyewitness account, AUDIO (disturbing, obviously) http://t.co/j19IDZPEt4
— Laura Walker ⚖??? ??????? (@LauraWalkerKC) May 22, 2013
amaeteur video from scene of #Woolwich UK, Terror Beheading http://t.co/3KAQXiJrxm via @youtube
— Raphael Gluck (@einfal) May 22, 2013
"All the evidence is pointing in the direction of a #terrorist attack…Don't jump to conclusions. Be calm." – @BBCNews on #Woolwich tragedy.
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 22, 2013
.@nowthisnews @BBCNews Lets not jump.. stay calm & List
1) Beheading
2) Victim soldier
3) cries of Allah Ahkbar
4) tried 2 record incident— Raphael Gluck (@einfal) May 22, 2013
'Three dead' in London street after armed police called to 'machete attack on dri… #MailOnline http://t.co/OCDIZdxhLR pic.twitter.com/eppznshneZ
— Jason Alexander (@MrJasonAlex) May 22, 2013
Brits are shocked and outraged.
Why people delibratley kill an inocent man baffles me! Hope those arseholes are given what they deserve! #woolich
— Jordan Boyle (@JuddStarRacing) May 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/EwanGrunwald/status/337255083794374656
If #woolich turns out to be a terrorist attack, it has echoes of the 2007 Birmingham beheading plot http://t.co/pKwlz1pjGM
— Steve Hewitt (@SteveHewittUK) May 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/dannysj76/status/337247376811098112
Twitchy will continue to monitor and update.
Update: Good heavens.
ITV news has obtained footage of armed terror suspect: "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you"
— Stuart Howie ?? (@Stuart_Howie1) May 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/Actual_CPB/status/337263011955871744
Update: Here’s the ITV video clip.
Editor’s note: The title has been edited to correct the spelling of “Woolwich.” (Thanks to reader @einfal)
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