Post by Peteetongman on May 23, 2013 9:41:18 GMT -5
over there.
www.upi.com/blog/2013/05/22/London-attack-leaves-soldier-dead/4941369244760/
The brutal killing of a man in south-east London Wednesday is being described by police as a "frenzied machete attack" and treated as an act of terrorism.
Eyewitnesses described a brutal attack in which two men approached the victim with knives and guns.
"They were hacking at this poor guy, literally," said one witness, named only as James. "They were hacking at him, chopping him, cutting him."
"These two guys were crazed," he said, according to the Guardian. "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."
A spokeswoman for MP Nick Raynsford said the dead soldier was stationed at Woolwich barracks. Those reports have been unconfirmed by the Ministry of Defense.
"Two men, who we believe from early reports to have been carrying weapons, were shot by police, said Metropolitan police Commander Simon Letchford in a statement. "They were taken to separate London hospitals, they are receiving treatment for their injuries."
www.upi.com/blog/2013/05/22/London-attack-leaves-soldier-dead/4941369244760/
The brutal killing of a man in south-east London Wednesday is being described by police as a "frenzied machete attack" and treated as an act of terrorism.
Eyewitnesses described a brutal attack in which two men approached the victim with knives and guns.
"They were hacking at this poor guy, literally," said one witness, named only as James. "They were hacking at him, chopping him, cutting him."
"These two guys were crazed," he said, according to the Guardian. "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."
A spokeswoman for MP Nick Raynsford said the dead soldier was stationed at Woolwich barracks. Those reports have been unconfirmed by the Ministry of Defense.
"Two men, who we believe from early reports to have been carrying weapons, were shot by police, said Metropolitan police Commander Simon Letchford in a statement. "They were taken to separate London hospitals, they are receiving treatment for their injuries."
