Two men attacked a soldier on a London street in broad daylight Wednesday and beheaded him, authorities and witnesses said.
The pair chanted “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is great,” during the sickening attack, according to witnesses.
ITV broadcast footage of a man with bloody hands and a machete addressing the camera and saying: "We swear by Almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you. The only reasons we have done this is because Muslims are dying every day. This British soldier is an eye for an eye a tooth for tooth.”
The two men were shot by cops and taken to a hospital by helicopter.
Prime Minister David Cameron described the killing, which took place in the London suburb of Woolwich, as "truly shocking," and the government is treating it as a terrorist attack, official said. » | Stephen Williams | New York Daily News | Wednesday, May 22, 2013
