A British soldier was hacked, beheaded on the streets of London

May 23, 2013 09:40 GMT  ·  By

The shocking attack on a British soldier in broad daylight on the streets in London has been witnessed by many passers-by, some of whom were asked by suspects to tape the killing.

*The video contains graphic, disturbing images, therefore user discretion is recommended.

As I mentioned before, two men butchered and possibly beheaded the 20-year-old soldier with meat cleavers while motivating the act as a revenge for Muslim killings in Afghanistan.

“We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you,” one of the assailants said to a witness, according to NY Daily News.

“The only reason we have done this is because Muslims are dying every day. This British soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for tooth,” he proclaimed.

Another man described the incident as “rock-style violence” due to the public nature of the crime and the unapologetic manner in which the killers took to the spotlight afterwards.