Jump to content

2013 Woolwich beheading: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
remove unref & speculation - not much is known at this point
m fmt
Line 5: Line 5:
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Islamism related beheadings]]]]
[[Category:Islamism related beheadings]]

Revision as of 20:02, 22 May 2013

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]

References

  1. ^ "Telegraph article on terror attack in Woolwich".
  2. ^ "Man dead in suspected Woolwich terror attack". 22 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Live feed of BBC News on Woolwich terror attack". 22 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.