Pictured: The dramatic moment Woolwich killers are shot by officers after one charged at a police vehicle
- Two men can be seen brandishing weapons in broad daylight
- Footage appears to have taken from a nearby block of flats
- It happened after Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, was killed by two assailants
Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment the two men who hacked to death a soldier in Woolwich were shot as they charged police officers called to the scene.
The two men can be seen brandishing weapons in broad daylight as they confronted officers following the brutal killing of Drummer Lee Rigby.
The footage, obtained by the Daily Mirror UK, shows the two men walking towards parked officers before one splinters off and runs full speed towards a marked car, dropping a bladed weapon.
Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment two terrorists were shot as they charged police officers called to the scene after a soldier was hacked to death in the street
The two men can be seen walking along the pavement moments before they split up
The footage shows one of the men making a move towards a police car as it pulls up in the road
He appears to drop a bladed weapon as he runs towards the vehicle
Just inches before reaching the car, two shots can be heard as one of the men falls to the ground.
Officers then surround the prone body before four more shots ring out felling the second man, as another two shots are fired - eight in total.
Screams can be heard as the men are filmed lying on the ground as the officers swarm around the pair and detain them.
The footage appears to have been taken from a nearby block of flats overlooking the scene after Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, was killed by two assailants.
A total of four people including the two men shot by police have now been arrested in connection with the brutal attack.
Firearms tactics expert former Detective Chief Inspector Peter Kirkham said:
'I have never seen anything like this before, or even heard of it happening before.
Just inches before reaching the car, the man falls to the ground after two shots are heard
Screams can be heard from the crowd who have gathered at the scene following the shots
'For two suspects to carry out a brutal attack like this then stand around in plain sight waiting for the police is crazy.'
He added the officers 'had no option' but to stop them by opening fire.
Scotland Yard said a man and a woman, both 29, were held today on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and are being questioned at a police station in south London.
The two men who were shot, aged 22 and 28, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in hospital in a stable condition with non life-threatening injuries.
Six residential addresses were being searched today as part of the investigation, three in south London, one in east London, one in north London and one in Lincolnshire.
In a statement the force said: 'This is a large, complex and fast-moving investigation which continues to develop.
At the end of the clip, police are seen pointing guns at the suspects who lie motionless on the ground
IPCC investigators have viewed CCTV of what happened, and said two officers fired guns and one discharged a Taser.
They have given initial accounts of what happened.
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