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Woolwich attack: Killed soldier named

The man killed in Woolwich yesterday has been named.

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Police close a road in Saxilby, Lincolnshire leading to a house which was raided in connection with the attack in Woolwich. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Bloodied man filmed after killing named as Michael Adebolajo

One of men caught on camera after yesterday’s brutal murder of a soldier is thought to be former Romford schoolboy Michael Adebolajo.

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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: Police search flat in Greenwich

Police searched a flat in Greenwich and took away four people for questioning, following yesterday’s killing of a soldier in Woolwich.

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Police activity at the scene of yesterday's killing. Picture: Max Nashl/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Met defends armed police response time

Armed officers were at the scene of yesterday’s “sickening” attack on a serving soldier in Woolwich within 14 minutes, it emerged today as police defended their response time.

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Prime Minister David Cameron making a statement on the steps of No 10: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Killing a ‘betrayal of Islam’, says PM

David Cameron has described yesterday’s brutal killing of a serving soldier as “a betrayal of Islam”.

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Woolwich attack: School near site of killing ‘sought to have as normal a school day as possible’

The head teacher of a primary school close to where a soldier was killed in Woolwich has said the school’s priority has been “ensuring children have as calm and as normal a day as possible”.

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London Mayor Boris Johnson answers questions during his visit to Woolwich earlier today. 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” following the brutal killing of a serving soldier yesterday.

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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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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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The scene in Woolwich where a soldier 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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Lucas Rosselli, one, from London, inspects a model landscape of London made from 2,186 sugar cubes. Picture: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire

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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