Soldier hacked to death: In what Home Secretary Theresa May called a “sickening and barbaric attack,” two men armed with knives and cleavers murdered a British soldier in broad daylight this week outside a London barracks. “These two guys were crazed, they were not there, they were just animals,” a witness said. “They were hacking at him, chopping him, cutting him.” Witnesses said the alleged perpetrators lingered at the scene for 20 minutes, even asking passersby to take their pictures, until police arrived and shot them. Prime Minister David Cameron said there were “strong indications” that the killing was a terrorist incident. One of the suspects was captured on video saying, “We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.”
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