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Floral tributes laid outside The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Picture: Max Nash/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Boris Johnson appeals for calm

The Mayor of London has urged Londoners to go about their lives “in the normal way”.

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Police activity close to the scene where a man was attacked and killed in John Wilson Street, Woolwich. Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Government’s emergency committee meets

The Prime Minister has chaired a meeting of the government’s emergency response committee today after a man was killed in a suspected terrorist attack in Woolwich.

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Armed servicemen outside The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Picture: Max Nash/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Alleged killers most likely British citizens of Nigerian background

The men allegedly behind the brutal killing of a serving soldier in Woolwich yesterday are of Nigerian background, sources have confirmed.

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Woolwich attack: Mother confronted suspect holding gun and ‘butcher’s tools’

A mother-of-two confronted one of the Woolwich attackers, warning: “It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose.”

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The scene in Woolwich where a man was killed. Picture: @Yusuf_Kayalar/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: One dead in suspected terrorist attack, suspects caught on camera

A man has died in a machete attack and two suspects are in hospital after being shot by police in Woolwich.

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Government convenes crisis meeting over “truly shocking” Woolwich incident

The Prime Minister David Cameron has described an incident in Woolwich, in which an apparently serving soldier was killed, as “truly shocking”.

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Police activity close to the scene where a man was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich. Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Two arrested in murder investigation after suspected terrorist attack

The Met Police have arrested two people in connection with the death of a man in a machete attack.

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Woolwich attack: Religious groups condemn attack

The death of a man in a machete attack in Woolwich today “feels like a strike at the heart of our community”.

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Two arrests after incident in hydrotherapy pool of Isle of Dogs school

Two men were arrested after chasing each other into the hydrotherapy pool at a school on the Isle of Dogs today.

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The scene of an incident in John Wilson Street, Woolwich. Picture: M_ATLEY/Twitter

One man dead, two injured, after suspected terrorist incident in John Wilson Street, Woolwich

One person is dead and two others injured after an attack in Woolwich which the Prime Minister has described as an “appalling and sickening murder”.

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CCTV appeal over Waterloo cash point assault

Police have released images of a man they are keen to trace following a violent attack on a 42-year-old man who was using a cash machine.

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Sweet! London skyline made out of sugar cubes

It might look sweet, but a sugar cube recreation of London’s skyline is not for eating.

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