[h=1]Woolwich Machete Attack: Government Summons Emergency Cobra Committee (PICTURES)[/h]
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Tom Moseley Posted: 22/05/2013 17:57 BST | Updated: 22/05/2013 18:22 BST
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Home Secretary Theresa May has summoned the government's crisis committee after the gruesome death of a man in South East London.
Police are treating the attack, in Woolwich, as a terrorist incident, it was
reported.
The local MP, Nick Raynsford, said the dead man was a soldier from Woolwich Barracks. Witnesses said he wearing a Help for Heroes t-shirt.
According to senior Whitehall sources quoted by the
BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, the attackers tried to film the attack whilst chanting "Allahu Akbar" - God is Great.
The Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms committee, known as Cobra, will bring together Cabinet ministers, security chiefs and government officials to discuss what happened.
@BBCJLandale
James Landale Home Sec Theresa May summons Cobra to assess Woolwich incident. She's also spoken to Met Commissioner and head of MI5.
May 22, 2013 4:25 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite
Prime Minister David Cameron, currently at a European Council meeting in Brussels, described the attack as "truly shocking".
Mayor Boris Johnson said the attack was "a sickening deluded and unforgivable act of violence."
He added: "My thoughts are with the victim and his family."
One man was confirmed dead at the scene and two other men were taken to hospital, one of them in a serious condition, a London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said.
A body lies in the street after the incident in Woolwich Pictures published on Twitter show what appears to be three bodies lying in the street just yards from the Royal Artillery Barracks. Unconfirmed reports suggest the victim may have been a serving soldier.
Other images show a red air ambulance landing in the street. Local newspaper
The News Shopper is blogging about the incident and has reported eyewitnesses describing shots also being fired.
@Number10gov
UK Prime Minister PM: "The killing in #Woolwich is truly shocking I have asked the Home Secretary to chair a COBRA meeting"
May 22, 2013 4:31 pm via HootSuite Reply Retweet Favorite
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