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== Alleged Political Motive == |
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Channel 4 news broadcast video footage of the alleged attackers, filmed by observers prior to the arrival of the police, recited "Allahu Akbar" and apologising to observers who had witnessed the incident, explaining, whilst still holding blood stained knives, that "our women see this everyday," referring to Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Channel 4 news broadcast video footage of the alleged attackers, filmed by observers prior to the arrival of the police, recited "Allahu Akbar" and apologising to observers who had witnessed the incident, explaining, whilst still holding blood stained knives, that "our women see this everyday," referring to Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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The Home Secretary and the Prime Minister have referred to this as a politically motivated and a 'terror attack.' |
The Home Secretary and the Prime Minister have referred to this as a politically motivated and a 'terror attack.' |
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Although early in the investigation, the government and local police are favouring the opinion that it was an isolated incident and not part of a network. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 19:53, 22 May 2013
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The 2013 Woolwich beheading was a suspected terrorist attack on May 22, 2013 on an off-duty British military cadet by two assailants who chopped off his head with a machete while shouting Islamist slogans.[1] Two men are reported to have been shot by police, they survived the shots and are held under armed guards at a hospital.[2][3]
The Woolwich beheading is suspected murder that occurred at around 14.10 GMT on 22 May, at John Wilson Street, Woolwich, South East London. John Snow of Channel 4 news referred to as a 'terror' attack.
At 14.10 GMT a young man wearing a Help for Heroes T-shirt was walking down Wellington Street. A car crashed into him and the two occupants immediately attacked with knives and machetes.
It is reported that they beheaded him. The alleged assailants then dragged his corpse into the middle of the road.
Prime Minister David Cameron planned to return immediately to Great Britain but then delayed his return until completing his meeting in France. The British government COBRA emergency response convened in response to the attack.
Alleged Political Motive
Channel 4 news broadcast video footage of the alleged attackers, filmed by observers prior to the arrival of the police, recited "Allahu Akbar" and apologising to observers who had witnessed the incident, explaining, whilst still holding blood stained knives, that "our women see this everyday," referring to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Home Secretary and the Prime Minister have referred to this as a politically motivated and a 'terror attack.' Although early in the investigation, the government and local police are favouring the opinion that it was an isolated incident and not part of a network.
See also
References
- ^ "Telegraph article on terror attack in Woolwich".
- ^ "Man dead in suspected Woolwich terror attack". 22 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Live feed of BBC News on Woolwich terror attack". 22 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.