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 at 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, shows the 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

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 two men can be seen walking along the pavement moments before they split up

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 men shot by police have now been arrested in connection with the brutal attack.

The footage shows one of the men making a move towards a police car as it pulls up in the road

The footage shows one of the men making a move towards a police car as it pulls up in the road

Screams can be heard from the crowd who have gathered at the scene following the shots

Screams can be heard from the crowd who have gathered at the scene following the shots

Firearms tactics expert former Detective Chief Inspector Peter Kirkham told the Daily Mirror: 'I have never seen anything like this before, or even heard of it happening before.

'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.

Brutal killing: Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers who was murdered in Woolwich

Brutal killing: Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers who was murdered in Woolwich

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.

'Many lines of inquiry are being followed by detectives and the investigation is progressing well.'

Officers have recovered a number of items from the murder scene and continue to appeal for witnesses to get in touch, and send in footage and photographs of what happened.

Drummer Rigby was brutally murdered by two attackers who were British and of Nigerian descent.

The pair, who were shot by police, were known to security services, and apparently shouted 'Allah Akhbar' as they struck.

Angels of Woolwich: Gemini Donnelly-Martin, 20, and her mother Amanda (right) talk to Adebolajo while Ingrid Loyau-Kennett (left) talks to the Adebowale as Lee Rigby lies dead in the road

Angels of Woolwich: Gemini Donnelly-Martin, 20, and her mother Amanda (right) talk to Adebolajo while Ingrid Loyau-Kennett (left) talks to the Adebowale as Lee Rigby lies dead in the road

It is believed that the serving soldier was run over and then hacked to death, yards from a primary school.

Eyewitnesses said that one of the attackers charged towards officers clutching bloodied weapons including a meat cleaver, while the other brandished a gun.

Police watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it is not pursuing any criminal or misconduct offences in relation to the officers who used their weapons.

Grief: A wellwisher outside the army barracks, 200 yards from where Drummer Lee Rigby was killed, by the huge - and growing - pile of flowers

Grief: A wellwisher outside the army barracks, 200 yards from where Drummer Lee Rigby was killed, by the huge - and growing - pile of flowers

'Dear soldier': A handwritten note left in honour of Lee Rigby close to the scene of the brutal murder in Woolwich

'Dear soldier': A handwritten note left in honour of Lee Rigby close to the scene of the brutal murder in Woolwich

Anguish: A police officer places another bouquet of flowers outside the Woolwich barracks yesterday

Anguish: A police officer places another bouquet of flowers outside the Woolwich barracks yesterday

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.

IPCC commissioner Derrick Campbell said: 'Our investigation is as a result of the tragic events yesterday and I would like to express my sincere sympathies to the family of Lee Rigby at this terrible time.

Rant: A man identified as Michael Adebolajo, 28, brandishes a meat cleaver with bloodied hands near the scene of the killing
Rant: A man identified as Michael Adebolajo, 28, brandishes a meat cleaver with bloodied hands near the scene of the killing

Rant: A man identified as Michael Adebolajo, 28, brandishes a meat cleaver with bloodied hands near the scene of the killing

'We have viewed CCTV footage of the police shooting. At this stage we are not pursuing any criminal or misconduct offences.

'Officers have provided initial statements and we will be obtaining additional accounts.

'The IPCC is independently verifying information regarding the circumstances of this incident and we can promise the Woolwich community, and wider public, that our investigation will be thorough.'

Adebolajo and Adebowale mowed down Lee Rigby in this car before hacking him to death in the street in front of horrified onlookers. The streak of blood in front of the car shows how they dragged his body into the street

Adebolajo and Adebowale mowed down Lee Rigby in this car before hacking him to death in the street in front of horrified onlookers. The streak of blood in front of the car shows how they dragged his body into the street

Horror: A large crowd of people father near the scene were the soldier was killed on Wednesday as police and ambulance services arrive

Horror: A large crowd of people father near the scene where the soldier was killed on Wednesday as police and ambulance services arrive

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