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Soldier hacked to death in London in suspected Islamist attack

   LONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack. Full story

London mayor: "overwhelmingly likely" killing was terror attack

LONDON (Reuters) - London mayor Boris Johnson said on Wednesday it was "overwhelmingly likely" an attack in south London in which a man was hacked to death was an act of terror. Full story

Irishman charged with 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing

British prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old Irishman with the 1982 IRA attack on the queen's cavalry in Hyde Park, a nail-bombing at a top London tourist attraction that left four soldiers and seven horses dead. Full story

UK Official: London Attack Could be Terror-Related

   NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports on what could be a terror attack in London.

Indications suggest London killing was terror-related: UK PM Cameron

PARIS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that there were "strong indications" that a killing in London was terror-related. Full story

Man killed in possible terror attack in London

   Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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epa03712277 British police activity close to the scene where a man was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich, south-east London, England, 22 May 2013. A major police operation was launched on 22 May 2013 after two suspected terrorists murdered a man in the street in broad daylight. Eyewitnesses s

A man with bloodied hands and knives appears in a still image from amateur video that shows the immediate aftermath of an attack in which a man was killed in southeast London
  A man with bloodied hands and knives appears in a still image from amateur video that shows the immediate aftermath of an attack in which a man was killed in southeast London

REFILE - QUALITY REPEATA man with bloodied hands and knives speaks to a camera as he appears in a still image from amateur video that shows the immediate aftermath of an attack in which a man was killed in southeast London May 22, 2013. A man was hacked to death in a street near an army barracks i

Police officers attend the scene in a still image from amateur video that shows the immediate aftermath of an attack in which a man was killed in southeast London
  Police officers attend the scene in a still image from amateur video that shows the immediate aftermath of an attack in which a man was killed in southeast London

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATHPolice officers attend the scene in a still image from amateur video that shows the immediate aftermath of an attack in which a man was killed in southeast London May 22, 2013. A man was hacked to death in a street near an army barrack