London ( Soldier has been beheaded in an attack on a street outside Woolwich barracks )

Police officers carry equipment while investigating a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, 2013 (Reuters / Stefan Wermuth)

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A man believed to be soldier has been beheaded in an attack on a street outside Woolwich barracks in South East London. Armed police who responded to incident have also reportedly shot and injured two people, one of them seriously.

Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed that he had asked the Home Secretary Theresa May to chair a meeting of Cobra, the government’s emergency committee and that she had requested updates from MI5 and the Metropolitan Police and the government were treating the incident as suspected terrorist attack.
Cameron cuts short a trip to Paris to return to London.
Witnesses said a man was assaulted on John Wilson Street in Woolwich by two men who were then shot by armed police officers.