In In a suspected terror attack, a person believed to be British soldier was on Wednesday beheaded here by two men, who were shot and wounded by the police.
British police shot and wounded two men, a senior officer said, after reports that a soldier was killed in a Woolwich street near a london army barracks.
"Two men, who we believe from early reports to have been carrying weapons, were shot by police," Commander Simon letchford said.
local MP Nick Raynsford said he had been told the man attacked in the street was a soldier serving at the Royal Artillery Barracks near the attack, the Telegraph reported.
Home Secretary Theresa May has summoned a meeting of the Government's emergency response committee Cobra to assess the incident.
It is understood she has also requested updates from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, and the head of MI5, BBC reported.
Whitehall sources have told the BBC it is "a fair supposition" that the incident was a terrorist incident but police have not commented publicly on the suggestion. london Ambulance Service confirmed one man had been found dead at the scene.
It said two men had been taken to hospital, one in a serious condition. One of the men was airlifted from the scene, and another was taken away by road ambulance.
While details were scant, Prime Minister David Cameron called the killing "truly shocking".A British Government official who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation said the details that had emerged were indicative of a "terrorist-motivated attack."
Britain's Ministry of Defense said it was urgently investigating reports that a serving soldier was involved in the incident.Commander Simon letchford said reports indicated that one man was being assaulted by two other men, and that a number of weapons - including possibly a firearm - were used in the attack.
He confirmed that one man was found dead at the scene and that two men were shot by police and taken to separate london hospitals. One of them is in serious condition, according to london Ambulance Service.
live television images of the scene showed a trail of blood staining a pavement, cordoned off streets and crime scene investigators marking the scene.