Video footage of moment police shooting soldier's suspected killers airs on website

LONDON (REUTERS) - Dramatic video footage showing the moment when police shot the two men suspected of hacking to death a soldier in London was published on a British newspaper's website on Friday.

The shaky, 10-second clip shows one of the men sprinting towards a police car with a knife in his hand before he is shot and tumbles to the ground.

The second man appears to aim a gun at the police and is then shot.

Soldier Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old who served in Afghanistan, was hacked to death near an army barracks in south London on Wednesday.

A woman is lit up by car lights at night-time as she views flowers and notes left in memory of victim Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, outside an army barracks near the scene of his killing in Woolwich, South-east London, on May 23, 2013. Dramatic video footage showing the moment when police shot the two men suspected of hacking to death a soldier in London was published on a British newspaper's website on Friday. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS

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