Woolwich attack.

[Giomanach Niall]

A British Solider has been beheaded in the London area of Woolwich in a terrorist attack.

People carrying out the attack were heard to say Allahu Akbar [God is Great] were heard, and the terrorists appeared to be of Muslim appearance.

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.

He said after the "horrendous" attack, the two men, who were also in their 20s, stood around, waving knives and a gun, and asked people to take pictures of them "as if they wanted to be on TV or something".

"They were oblivious to anything, they were more worried about having their photo taken, running up and down the road," he said.

Thomas, a witness who contacted the BBC, said: "I got there minutes after it happened because you could hear gunshots from Woolwich High Street.

"Basically two men carried out an axe attack on a young army cadet walking along the street, by the looks of things the police responded and then shot them in front of the public, at the same time I couldn't really tell if the cadet was fatally or not hurt as police were crowded around him."
Scotland Yard said the incident happened in John Wilson Street, the A205, at 14:20 BST.

On its Twitter account, the Metropolitan Police helicopter team called the incident "serious".

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Officers have responded to an incident...

"We believe at this stage officers were called to reports of an assault."

David Dixon, a local head teacher, told the BBC News Channel he walked out of the school gates and saw a body lying in the road a short distance away.

He then heard gunshots and instructed staff to lock all the gates of his school.

The air ambulance landed in the playground and most of the children have now gone home, he said.

[mdk]

Not a video of the attack, because I wouldn't post that here, but nevertheless, some graphic content.

No remorse, no compassion, no shame of any kind. These motherfuckers are proud of what they do.

[The Australian]

Bloody disgusting.

My thoughts and condolences are with the family of the slain man.

[Ice]

It is hard to say what I really think without offending the masses, but I am past caring. This barbaric and medieval torture has no place in modern day London, and the fact that the police took 20 minutes to respond is also disgusting. When the EDL protested last night the police where there in a flash. The Mosque over in Portsmouth has been attacked, and there are Muslims there condemning England and hailing the culprits as a hero.

This country is about to become extremely volatile and riots will happen, unless David Cameron and COBRA acts in our defense.

[Hellis]

Muslim appearence is a incredibly stupid statement, the man on the video looks no more muslim then he looks christian for gods sake. That said, these were most definetly homegrown islamist fanatics. And the act is down right disgusting, the fact that they wanted to be filmed really puts in perspective to.