Police and forensic officers near the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Police and forensic officers near the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
This undated image provided Thursday, May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defence, shows Lee Rigby known as ?Riggers? to his friends. Rigby has been identified by the MOD as the serving member of the armed forces who was attacked and killed by two men in the Woolwich area of London on Wednesday. The Ministry web site included the statement "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that the soldier killed in yesterday's incident in Woolwich, South East London, is believed to be Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers." (AP Photo/Ministry of Defence)
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital. Prime Minister David Cameron says there are strong indications it was an act of terrorism, and his top advisers will be examining the potential security implications of the attack, which took place near a military barracks in the Woolwich area of the city. Police Thursday confirmed the dead man was a serving soldier and said his identity will not be released yet at his family's request. They said a post-mortem examination will be conducted later Thursday.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A policeman speaks to a resident near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A look at the key known facts about attack in south London in which two men killed a British soldier near military barracks Wednesday.
Q: What happened?
A: Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat cleaver attacked and killed a soldier near military barracks in the south London neighborhood of Woolwich. Two U.K. government officials told the AP the attack seemed to have been ideologically motivated by radical Islam, adding that the assessment wasn't based solely on video footage of one suspect making political statements against the British government. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak about the ongoing investigation.
Q: Who are the suspects?
A: Police have not identified the suspects, who are hospitalized in stable condition after being shot by police arriving at the scene. However, one of the suspects has been identified as Michael Adebolajo, a Christian who converted to Islam around 2003. He was identified by two Muslim figures who said he was the man who appeared in several videos made in the minutes after the killing.
"We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you," the man identified as Adebolajo said with a British accent as a cellphone camera filmed him. "We must fight them as they fight us."
Q: Were the two men acting alone?
A: Details are sketchy, but police arrested a man and a woman, both aged 29, on Thursday evening as part of the investigation. They are being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. None of the suspects' names have been released and they haven't been charged.
Q: Where is Woolwich?
A: Woolwich is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Trafalgar Square in central London. The attack happened a few blocks from the Royal Artillery Barracks.
Q: Was it terrorism?
A: Britain's prime minister said there are "strong indications" the attack was an act of terrorism, and other officials have indicated it was inspired by radical Islam.
Q: Who was the victim?
A: Britain's defense ministry said the soldier killed was Lee Rigby, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Rigby, who was 25 and had a 2-year-old son, served in Afghanistan in 2009. He was also a drummer who participated in public duties at royal palaces in Britain. He was born in Manchester in northern England and was a lifelong fan of the Manchester United soccer team.
Q: What about bystanders?
A: There were many bystanders at the time of the attack. The two suspects spoke to several of them. In footage taken by people on the street and obtained by ITV news and The Sun newspaper, one of the suspects apologized that female passers-by "have had to witness this" barbarity, saying that "in our land our women have to see the same."
A woman engaged one of the attackers. The Daily Telegraph identified the woman as Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, and said she confronted the attackers, telling them: "It is only you versus many people. You are going to lose." Saying she wanted to stop the suspect from attacking anyone else, she asked him if he "did it" and what he wanted.
"He said: 'I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan. They have nothing to do there,'" she told the newspaper.
Q: What else did the video show?
A: Footage showed a man in a dark jacket and knit cap walking toward a camera, clutching a meat cleaver and a knife. He urged the government to "bring our troops back." British troops are deployed in Afghanistan and recently supported the French-led intervention in Mali.
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