Pretty graphic scenes in London, as two men allegedly hacked a soldier to death and chopped off his head with meat cleavers and machetes. The men chatted to cameras as it took cops 20 minutes to arrive. Then the shooting..

This, according to SKYNews:

A man reported to be a serving soldier has been hacked to death in Woolwich, south east London, in what is being treated as a terrorist attack.

Dozens of weapons – including a number of knives – and pools of blood could be seen on the ground in John Wilson Street, where a man said to be wearing a Help for Heroes T-shirt was attacked by two men.

Witnesses say the pair appeared to deliberately drive their car at the victim, before getting out with various bladed weapons and launching their attack.

As the victim lay motionless in the middle of the road, witnesses say they heard the pair chanting “Allahu akbar” – and inviting passers-by to take photographs of them.

As soon as armed police arrived at the scene, witnesses say at least one of the alleged attackers began approaching the officers – who opened fire and shot the pair. The men were taken to separate hospitals with gunshot wounds.

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Thew above footage is not the only footage taken that day. Apparently the two men filmed each other during the attack as well. Click here for more on that.

According to The Sun, the alleged attacker is a Londoner, who managed to behead the victim:

Chilling footage has emerged of a man with bloodied hands armed with knives speaking into a camera phone – just minutes after a soldier was allegedly beheaded.

The tall black man talks brazenly with a London accent to the shocked onlooker who filmed the knifeman making a series of twisted rants after the terrorist attack.

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British Prime Minister, David Cameron, was in France at the time and made a statement citing terrorism, with French President, Francois Hollande, at his side.

The Telegraph reports:

Speaking in Paris alongside Francois Hollande, the French president, David Cameron says Britain has faced terror attacks such as the one in Woolwich before and adds: “We will never buckle in the face of it.”

You can watch a video of that press conference here.

Our favourite London Mayor, Boris Johnson, released this tweet: