Soldier beheaded in middle of London road

Soldier beheaded in middle of London road Kounteya Sinha TNN  London: In a suspected terror attack, a soldier aged around 20 years was beheaded in the middle of a road in Woolwich, south London, on Wednesday.     Reports said the victim was hacked to death with knives and meat cleavers by two men shouting Islamic slogans after they first hit him with their car. The soldier was wearing a T-shirt that read ‘Help for Heroes’.     Later, the police confronted the two attackers and shot them. An air ambulance arrived on the scene and took the two injured attackers to hospital.     British Prime Minister David Cameron, who called the attack “shocking”, asked home secretary Theresa May to convene a meeting of the government’s emergency cabinet committee, Cobra. Cameron, who had left for France to meet French President Francois Hollande, decided to return to London.     The government was reported to be treating the attack as a suspected terror incident.     “They were hacking at him, chopping him, cutting him,” a witness said. “These two guys were crazy. 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. They were oblivious to anything, they were more worried about having their photo taken, running up and down the road.”     Commander Simon Letchford from the Metropolitan police said: “At approx 2.20 pm, we were called to reports of an assault in John Wilson Street, Woolwich where one man was being assaulted by two other men. A number of weapons were reportedly being used in the attack, and this included reports of a firearm.”     Letchford said firearms officers reached the scene soon. “On their arrival they found a man, who was later pronounced dead,” he said. “Two men, who we believe from early reports to have been carrying weapons, were shot by police. They were taken to separate London hospitals and are receiving treatment for their injuries.”     May confirmed she had been briefed by the Director General of MI5 on the “sickening and barbaric” attack.