David Cameron on the London Murder: 'We Will Never Give In to Terror'
Great Britain is still stunned by yesterday's brutal public terroristic murder on the streets of London, but the nation has already shifted into a defiant and defensive stance. Police continue to investigate the two suspects, who are under arrest and in the hospital, to discover if they have any other accomplies or if they have any connection to international terror groups. Early on Thursday, London police raided a home in the Greenwich area and detained four people, however, they did not reveal what connection, if any, those individuals may have to the attack. Authorities have also confirmed that the man killed in Woolrich was indeed a serving U.K. solider and he appears to have been targeted for just that reason.
Like the two brothers who committed the attack on the Boston Marathon, many people want to know if the perpetrators are "homegrown" terrorists who who acted completely on their own, of if they were encouraged, supported, or even trained by foreign organizations like al-Qaeda. Many of those questions are still unanswered, but according to the BBC, one of the attackers has been identified as Michael Adeboloja, who was born in Britain, but comes from
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