British police investigating the "sickening" attack on the streets of London in which a soldier was hacked to death by two suspected Islamist extremists today carried out a series of raid in Greenwich and Lincolnshire.
Anti-terror police forced their way into a flat and shattered the door frame as they raided an address believed to belong to one of the attackers on a Greenwich housing estate.
They also raided an address in Saxilby, Lincolnshire in connection with the attack.
"We can confirm that the Metropolitan Police executed a search warrant under PACE (Police and Criminal Evidence Act) at an address in Lincolnshire," Lincolnshire police said.
"This is in connection with the ongoing investigation into the murder of a man in Woolwich. The Metropolitan Police are not prepared to discuss the matter further at this stage."
Local media said addresses in the London area were also being searched by police. Scotland Yard, however, refused to comment, the reports said.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron, who cut short his visit to Paris, has described the terror attack as "deeply shocking" that has "sickened us all".
"It was an attack on Britain and it was also a betrayal of Islam. There is nothing in Islam that justifies this truly dreadful act," he said, addressing the media outside 10 Downing Street here today, soon after he chaired an emergency meeting of the high-level COBRA crisis group.
"This country will be absolutely resolute against violent extremism and terror... One of the best ways of defeating terrorism is to go about our normal lives, and that is what we should all do," he added.
The hour-long meeting of COBRA, which stands for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A and is the UK's highest crisis response group, was convened after the two extremists butchered a soldier in Woolwich, south-east London, yesterday.
It was attended by senior Cabinet ministers, police and intelligence chiefs to take stock of the security situation in the country.
