Two shot after 'man attacked with meat cleaver' in London
Two people have been shot in Woolwich, south east London, after armed police were called to an incident in which a man wearing a Help for Heroes t-shirt was attacked with a machete-style knife and dumped in the street, eyewitnesses said.
Officers were called to the incident at around 2.20pm today and the immediate area was shut down.
One witness, identified as James, said he and his partner saw two black men attack the young victim with knives, including a meat cleaver.
“They were hacking at this poor guy, literally,” he told LBC.
“They were hacking at him, chopping him, cutting him.”
Fighting back tears, James said the men treated their victim as a ``piece of meat'' after he was dead.
“These two guys were crazed,” he told the radio station.
“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.”
On its Twitter account, the Metropolitan Police helicopter team called the incident “serious”.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “Officers have responded to an incident in John Wilson Street at 2.20pm today.
“We believe at this stage officers were called to reports of an assault.”
London Air Ambulance confirmed a doctor and a paramedic were sent to the scene at 14.27pm and are on site.
London Ambulance Service was also called to the scene.
They confirmed that one patient was airlifted from the scene, while another was taken away by road ambulance.
The service would not confirm the nature of their injuries or where they were being taken.
