Woolwich attack: live - Telegraph I would be very surprised if it was here (that he was radicalised). On guest speakers, he said: "We would not have anybody here in my time with extremist views." 13.45 David Cameron has arrived at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich to show his support. A woman and her two children lay a postcard on floral tributes outside The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich (Max Nash/PA) 13.28 Two women, believed to be sisters, have been handcuffed and led away from a property in Greenwich, ITV News reports. Neighbours say the door of the flat was smashed open by police officers wearing balaclavas and armed with machine guns.They were heard shouting "get down on the floor." As well as the two women, a teenage boy, a toddler and a baby were also taken away. The scene of yesterday's murder (ITV News) 13.19 Labour leader Ed Miliband described yesterday's murder of a soldier in Woolwich as "an act of complete cowardice." Mr Miliband spoke to Prime Minister David Cameron today about the killing, after cutting short a visit to Germany to return to London. He said the opposition was offering its "full support" to the Government in its response to the outrage In a televised statement, Mr Miliband said: "This was an appalling and horrific murder and all of my condolences are with the families and friends of the victim, and indeed with our troops because they serve incredibly bravely all around the world and they've seen one of their own murdered in an act of complete cowardice. There are people who try to divide us with acts like this. They've tried it before in London and they've failed and they will always fail. There will be people who try to use events like this to divide us and they will fail too. They will fail because the British people are united across different faiths, different religions, different backgrounds, in their abhorrence of this and in values of decency and tolerance. That is the true character of the British people and that's why this terror will lose and will fail. We are a united country, not a divided country and anyone who tries to divide us will not succeed. 13.14 Colonel Richard Kemp, former Commander of the British Forces in Afghanistan, has questioned whether the Government is providing the security services with enough resources so that they can monitor "peripheral players." They have feared an attack of this nature, carried out by a small number of individuals who have found what weapons they can, for some time, he said. 13.10 Here is a video of David Cameron's statement on the attack. 12.58 Michael Adebolajo, said to be one of the suspects, was a student at Greenwich University in the early 2000s. He lived in two different student flats on the campus in the Avery Hill area of Eltham - around three or four miles from where the murder took place. This morning a security guard at the entrance to the campus said: "I don't think the students here now will know him anyway because he left here in 2004." 12.46 Local Muslims have said that they are afraid to leave their homes. One, Lucky Awale, witnessed the attack and said the suspect was "talking like a crazy man, saying 'this Government needs to change', things like that." "He wasn't scared, he was saying 'call the police'," she said. She said the men could not be real Muslims but suggested they had their own reasons for doing it. "We live multiculturally, all kinds of people live here, all kinds of religions," she added. For incidents like this to happen in the name of Muslims, it sends the wrong impression to people like the EDL, thinking that Muslims would be like that. Mrs Awale said her sympathy was with the dead man's family and she was scared that such a violent attack could happen where she lived. She continued: "We are scared as a community today. My sister lives near here and she is scared to come out, she is scared of the EDL and everything. Our kids are big enough to go to school by themselves but today we had to take them because we are scared. We are just asking for people not to take the wrong impression, the wrong idea, and take revenge on Muslims. Members of the English Defence League went to the scene in Woolwich to protest last night (Rick Findler / Barcroft Media) 12.38 The Metropolitan Police's Assistant Commissioner Simon Byrne has defended the amount of time it took for armed police to arrive at the scene yesterday. He said he could not discuss the details of the attack, but added: "Please remain calm. London is at its best when we all come together and now is the time to do that. One point I would like to address is around some of the speculation as to how long it took the Met to respond yesterday as this incident started to unfold. We first received a 999 call from the public at 14:20hrs stating a man was being attacked, further 999 calls stated that the attackers were in possession of a gun. We had officers at the scene within 9 minutes of receiving that first 999 call. Once that information about a gun or guns being present was known firearms officers were assigned at 14:24hrs. Firearms officers were there and dealing with the incident 10 minutes after they were assigned, 14 minutes after the first call to the Met. 12.34 Zak Dempster, 36, from the Royal Mechanical Engineers, Kent Regiment, placed flowers at the Woolwich barracks today wearing a Help for Heroes t- shirt. He said: "The victim was not from around here, he was from Lincolnshire and i think he served in the Yorkshire Regiment. He was just starting off his career god bless him, in his 20s. we've been advised not to go around wearing our Help for Heroes clothes or fatigues but I'm here to show they won't stop us or knock us down. 12.26 Police were today searching the home of a woman thought to be related to the one of the suspects. Detectives and forensic officers were examining the top floor flat belonging to Blessing Daniels, who it believed to be related of Michael Adebolajo who sources have named as one of the killers. Forensic teams were seen taking plastic boxes into the block where Ms Daniels lives, a three story mid century red brick building containing 12 flats. Other policemen sat in a white transit van outside the estate in Harold's Hill, Romford. Police have only officially confirmed one raid, which took place in Saxilby in Lincolnshire last night, hundreds of miles from the scene of the attack. A house in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, believed to be the home of relatives of Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo, was also raided last night. 12.25 At the Cobra meeting this morning it was agreed that issuing orders against wearing military uniforms in public would not be the right response to the outrage. A No 10 source said last night's advice was an "understandable reaction" while the circumstances of the attack were still unclear, but Mr Cameron and others at the meeting agreed that "the best way to defeat terrorists was to continue with normal life." A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "In light of yesterday's events and the emerging situation, the military chain of command introduced a package of immediate reactive security measures on a precautionary basis. Following a review of the situation this morning, a decision has been taken to relax some of these temporary measures imposed yesterday, including advice to members of the armed forces in London not to wear uniform outside of defence establishments. The best way we can defeat terrorism is to carry on as normal, and that includes our personnel wearing their uniform. They MoD earlier denied that the guildance related to uniforms. 12.19 Military wives who laid flowers and tributes near the scene said that the victim was a young soldier, possibly a trainee. One of the women, in her 20s, who did not want to be named, said: "We are a group of military wives. We live just outside the base. We are all just very numb at the moment - shaken up and very shocked. It could have been any one of our husbands. He was a young guy who cared very much about his job, like they all do. I think he was in training. The atmopshere is very quiet. No one really wants to talk. No one knows what to say. We are very sad and feeling quite raw at the moment. A lot of our husbands left the country this morning to go to Kenya. I don't believe he was due to leave. He was an attachment to our batallion I think. He was in training to start off his life as a soldier. It could have been any person on the street but for it to be someone serving, we all feel targeted. It's not nice. Boris Johnson has made a statement at the scene (BBC) 12.01 Both suspects were known to MI5 and the police, Whitehall sources have confirmed. 11.50 David Cameron has made a statement on the steps of Downing Street after chairing an emergency Cobra meeting. Describing the attack as "sickening" he said: "We have all seen images which are deeply shocking. The people who did this were trying to divide us. They should know something like this will only bring us together and make us stronger. Today our thoughts are with his family... we have lost a brave soldier. He said that because investigations were ongoing there was a "limited" amount that he could say. I can say that already a number of things are clear, this country will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism and terrorism. We will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its forms... "This was not just an attack on Britain and the British way of life, it was also a betrayal of Islam," he said. "We will defeat extremism by standing together," Mr Cameron added. The fault lies solely and purely with the sickening individuals who carried out this appalling attack. He also praised Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, who spoke exclusively to the Daily Telegraph last night to tell us how she confronted the attackers. Quoting the interview with Claire Duffin, the Prime Minister said: "When told by an attacker that he wanted to start a war in London she replied "You're going to lose, it is only you versus many" - she spoke for us all." He acknowledged that it has been widely reported that the suspects were known to the security services, and said the IPCC and the Intelligence and Security Committee would be investigating. He acknowledged that the public would have questions they needed answers to in light of the attack. 11.30 Michael 'Mujaheed' Adebolajo, who sources have claimed is one of the suspects, converted to Islam a decade and was always of "impeccable character," radical cleric Anjem Choudary has said. He said they both attended Mulgrave Primary school, which is located next to the scene of the killing, adding: "I saw the pictures of him last night, his name is Michael Adebolajo. I went to the same primary school as him in Woolwich, Mulgrave, and grew up in the same area and he came to the local mosque - it was a peaceful community with lots of Muslim people from Somalia and Pakistan. I didn't know him that well so I can't say where his family was from. Choudary led Islamist group Al-Muhajiroun, the banned forerunner to Islam 4 UK, where Adebolajo often appeared alongside other radical protesters. Mr Choudary continued: "He converted around 2003 to Islam, before I met him and I knew him as his convert name 'Mujaheed' when he used to attend our demonstrations and lectures. I last saw him in 2011, he was a very nice man with impeccable character and nothing unusual about him. He said: "What he did was unusual and it's not the kind of view that I propagate and I do not condone the use of violence, but those views are out there. Some members of the Muslim community struggle to express themselves and he is making his voice heard in blood. Choudary suggested that it was possible the attack was motivated by British government foreign policy in the Muslim world, and that this may not have been an isolated incident. 11.21 There have been raids at an address in Greenwich, it has been reported. Neighbours have told the BBC that four people - two sisters in their 30s, an older woman and a teenage boy, were all taken away in a police van and police continue to search the address. The Metropolitan Police have refused to confirm any searches which have taken place since a raid in Lincolnshire yesterday. The suspect has been names as Michael Adebolajo (ITV) 11.13 One of the suspects, who was filmed explaining the reasons behind the attack as he held a blood soaked meat clever and knife, has been named by sources as 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo. 11.05 Scotland Yard have officially confirmed that the man was a serving soldier, but will not be releasing his identity yet in line with his family's wishes. A spokesperson said: " We can confirm that the man who died in Woolwich yesterday, 22 May is a serving soldier. We believe we know his identity but he has yet to be formally identified. His next of kin have been informed. In line with the wishes of his family we will not be releasing his identity at this stage. A post-mortem examination will take place later today, 23 May. 11.02 Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, has sent a letter of condolence to the Queen over yesterday's events in Woolwich, calling it "an act of horrific brutality." The full text reads: "I was deeply saddened and shocked to hear of the terrible attack yesterday in London. It was an act of horrific brutality. In my name and on behalf of the people of Israel, I wish to extend my sincere condolences to the family of the victim and the people of Britain. Terrorism is a global threat and one the world must fact together. i know that the people of Britain will stand strong in the face of this threat and the State of Israel stands side by side with them. Please accept, your Majesty, my deepest sympathy. 10.53 Parents passed through the police cordon in Woolwich this morning to drop their children off at Mulgrove Primary School, which is just metres from the scene of the attack. They told how the pupils heard the popping of gunshots before they were quickly rushed away from windows by teachers and into the safety of the school hall. Mother-of-two Chkondi Mhango, 34, said her 10 year-old daughter Collete was left terrified she was going to die after she saw a man with a gun outside the school. She said he daughter "kept saying to me 'mummy, what if I had died? What if he had come in and shot everybody in the school? I think some of the kids who saw it were by the playground, and then they were told to go inside by the teachers. It is horrifying to know that my daughter saw that from her school. It is not an experience anyone should go through. She was really upset. She didn't want to go to sleep yesterday, she was too scared she was going to have nightmares. She was terrified. I'm worried that she might be traumatised by what she saw, she is only 10 years-old and these things can stay with you for life. The teachers acted quickly, they sent a text to all the parents and we all rushed down to pick our kids up. 10.44 A Lincolnshire Police Spokesperson has confirmed that the raid was carried out by Scotland Yard. They said: "Lincolnshire Police can confirm that the Metropolitan Police executed a search warrant under PACE (Police and Criminal Evidence Act) at an address in Lincolnshire. This is in connection with the ongoing investigation into the murder of a man in Woolwich. The Metropolitan Police are not prepared to discuss the matter further at this stage. 10.35 Lincolnshire Police have confirmed that they have raided an address in the county are working with the Metropolitan Police in connection with the attacks, the BBC have reported. A woman lays flowers outside the barracks in Woolwich (REUTERS/Neil Hall) 10.20 Former security minister Lord West has added his voice to calls to revive the Government plans to extend internet and email monitoring powers to the security services. Lord West said that the Communications Data Bill would have allowed investigators to get hold of the attackers' phone records to trace their contacts. Lord West told Sky News: "If we don't get a Communications Data Bill, then in the future we won't be able to find that sort of information. That information is extremely important for our security services to be able to pin down people, find out who they are linked with, who maybe radicalised them - was it just themselves or is there someone radicalising more people? We need to know this information and I do think that the Communications Data Bill which was due to come through and has been put on pause by the Deputy Prime Minister, I think that's a terrible mistake. The bill was dropped from the Queen's Speech following opposition from the Liberal Democrats. 10.12 The Ministry of Defence have dispelled rumours that armed personall have been told to cover their uniforms when they are in public. A spokesperson said: "We have issued guidance for extra vigilance, but this does not extend to uniforms." Boris Johnson is understood to be on his way to Woolwich. 10.00 The emergency Cobra meeting chaired by David Cameron has come to an end. Leaving the meeting, which lasted around one hour, Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, appeared to indicate that yesterday's attack was being seen as a one-off incident. He said: "Everything I am hearing leads me to think that Londoners can go about their business in the normal way and we are going to bring the killers to justice." 09.56 Numerous religious leaders have spoke out against the attack and called for calm in the community. Julie Siddiqi, of the Islamic Society of Britain, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "We can't allow the voices of Nick Griffin and the far right to become louder than ours in the coming days. They will say what we have to say and it gives us even more incentive to speak out and come together and not allow people like that to divide us as a country. The people who did this act yesterday do not speak in my name, do not speak for my community or the rest of the country. We have to come out with the strongest condemnation, which is what I'm seeing this morning. All of the Muslim organisations have come out with the strongest possible terms to say there is absolutely no excuse whatsoever, no justification for anything like this. This is one of the most shocking things I have seen in recent years and to have the people of Woolwich have to experience that so close to them, I just feel is absolutely horrific. 09.45 Colonel Richard Kemp, former Commander of the British Forces in Afghanistan, has told BBC News he believes this morning's Cobra meeting will try to ascertain whether the attack was part of a wider extremist conspiracy. He says: "I don't think it looks like that myself but I think they will want to know that. And the second thing, I think, in that area is there will be a great deal of concern that this form of attack now, which I think has been long feared by the security services, could lead to copycats. 09.43 The Woolwich killers are of Nigerian background, sources have confirmed, but both are understood to be British citizens. The men, who are being treated in separate hospitals while under arrest, are most likely to have converted to a radical form of Islam, it is understood. They are not thought to have links to terror groups based in Nigeria, such as the jihadist militant organisation Boko Haram. The Foreign Office warns of a high threat from terrorism in the West African nation and raises the prospect of a risk of retaliatory attacks following the French intervention in Mali. Boko Haram is the most prominent terrorist threat in Nigeria. The group's extremists aspire to establish Islamic law in Nigeria and carry out attacks across states mainly in the north. In 2011, Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing of the UN building in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, which killed 23 people in an act that showed the group could target Western interests. The group, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege," was blamed for nearly 800 killings last year alone. The barracks in Woolwich which are close to the scene of the attack 09.23 Speaking ahead of today's Cobra meeting Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has called on Londoners to go about their normal business. He said: "I'm sure this will have occurred to many people, and that is that it is completely wrong to blame this killing on the religion of Islam, but it is also equally wrong to try to draw any link between this murder and British foreign policy or the actions of British forces who are risking their lives abroad for the sake of freedom. The fault lies wholly and exclusively in the warped and deluded mindset of the people who did it, and what we need now is, for the sake of the victim and the sake of his family, for those killers to be brought to justice. Mr Johnson also paid tribute to the "exemplary courage" of the people of Woolwich. And today, I think I want to pay particular tribute, not just to the work of the police and security services yesterday, but also, above all, to the people of Woolwich, who showed such exemplary courage and bravery in a very difficult situation indeed. I think it's very important that they take their cue, the people of London should take their cue, from the behaviour of the people of Woolwich yesterday, who showed such astonishing natural courage in dealing with an appalling event, and who stood up to these killers, and I think that that's the spirit of London, and that's what I would call upon people to do today: go about their lives in the normal way. 09.20 David Cameron will be making a statement this morning after he chairs the emergency Cobra meeting. 09.10 Former home secretary Lord Reid has condemned the "brutal, inhumane and terrible murder of an innocent person" as he said the terrorist attack "won't work." While he said the threat from terrorists was continual, he insisted they would not succeed in their bid to "impose their will on others" in the UK. Lord Reid told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland the killing in Woolwich was a "horrific and terrible attack," and added: "The bad news is that becomes harder to prevent." He said it was "a testament to the effectiveness of our security forces in this country that they have prevented it for many, many years." The former home secretary added: "We can get complacent - its easy to think because there hasn't been a terrorist attack in the recent past that somehow the threat has gone away. I have continually said it hasn't, it's there continually, it's still substantial. The macabre manner of the killing and the propaganda associated with it was meant to terrify and frighten people, because that is the nature of what terrorists do - which is to try to impose their will on others, through fear and indiscriminate violence. But it won't work. It never has in the past in this country and it won't in the future. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, pictured talking to one of the attackers and inset, has been hailed for her bravery after telling her story exclusively to the Daily Telegraph last night 08.40 Ingrid Loyau-Kennett has spoken to ITV's Daybreak about the moment she risked her own life to confront the attackers yesterday. She said: "I wanted him to concentrate on me and make sure he doesn't have a funny idea. He told me he (the victim) was a British soldier - he didn't look like a British soldier to me, he wasn't in uniform. But I thought if another one passes by, or is in the area... Asked if she was scared, she replied: "No - better me than a child." Unfortunately there were more and more mothers with children stopping around, so it was even more important I was talking to him and ask him what he wanted. She added: "People were more busy just trying to film and just stopping to watch." 08.05 The Cobra meeting is due to begin in less than an hour. Prime Minister David Cameron has returned from Paris to chair the meeting. A large police cordon remain in place around the murder scene, with a forensic police tent still standing in the road where the attack took place. Well wishers have given bouquets of flowers to uniformed police officers at the scene. Around a dozen bunches of flowers have been rested up against a wall close by. More flowers have been laid near the entrance to the barracks on the edge of the town. 08.00 The family of the soldier have been informed of his death. 07.30 The far-right and the English Defence League are using social media to exploit the terrorist attack, writes Jake Wallis Simons. Riot police last night contained an EDL demonstration in Woolwich. Elsewhere, two men were arrested following separate attacks on mosques in Essex and Kent. 07.18 The car which witnesses claim was used to run the soldier over before the attackers began hacking at him with knives and a meat clever, was removed from the scene last night. The blue vehicle, which appeared to have collided with a road sign in John Wilson Street, was covered with a red tarpaulin and taken away by a tow truck. 07.15 Senior Whitehall sources have confirmed to the BBC that the victim was a member of the armed forces. Security has been increased at army barracks across the capital. One of the alleged attackers talks to a Ingrid Loyau-Kennett whilst still holding a bloodied knife (@dannymckiernan) 07.00 A random attack has always been MI5's greatest fear, writes the Telegraph's security editor Tom Whitehead. Dubbed the "Nike terrorists" after the sports giant's slogan "Just Do It," lone attackers are a new generation of of Islamic terrorists who are almost impossible to detect. 06.52 The Government's emergency response committee, Cobra, will reconvene this morning to discuss security measures in the aftermath of the attacks. The meeting will be chaired by David Cameron who returned from Paris last night. The two suspects have been arrested and are still under armed guard in hospital after being shot by police at the scene. 06.46 It took around 20 minutes for armed police to arrive on the scene yesterday. The attackers were seen pacing the streets with their blood soaked weapons and discussing their motives with passers-by. Gordon Rayner sets out the attack as it happened here. 06.40 The attack dominated the papers this morning, here is a round up of some of the front pages. 06.20 Cub scout leader Ingrid Loyau-Kennett showed "extraordinary bravery" yesterday when she confronted the attackers and tried to get them to hand over their weapons. Speaking exclusively to Claire Duffin last night she said: "I asked him if he did it and he said yes and I said why? 06.15 Good morning and welcome back to the live blog, please follow us here for all the latest updates on the attack and its aftermath. London machete attack: May 22nd's events, as they happened