Woolwich attacks response – in pictures

Flowers are left near the site where a soldier was murdered Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers near the scene Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

A woman places flowers outside the Royal Artillery Barracks Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

The defence secretary, Philip Hammond, arrives to attend a meeting with the government's emergency response committee, Cobra, in Downing Street Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the media near the scene in Woolwich where a soldier was killed Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

The card on a floral tribute is displayed next to a Help for Heroes garment Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

British soldiers stand guard outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

The home secretary, Theresa May, arrives to attend the Cobra meeting Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Police remained at the scene throughout the night Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

Flowers laid outside Woolwich barracks Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A police officer carries an evidence bag containing a knife near the scene Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Mayor of London Boris Johnson arrives to speak to the media Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian

A man contemplates at a scene where flowers lay, outside Woolwich Barracks Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The prime minister, David Cameron, speaks to the media outside 10 Downing Street. He said there were strong indications this was an act of terrorism, and his top advisers would be examining the potential security implications of the attack Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

Police stand outside the emergency department of King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, where it is thought one of the two suspects is being treated Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A police woman holds a floral tribute in Market Street, Woolwich Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian

Members of the Sikh community wait to lay flowers close to the crime scene Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian

Police officers outside a flat off Eastney Street in Greenwich as part of the investigation into the Woolwich killing Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, of 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers who was named on Thursday as the man killed in Woolwich Photograph: MoD/PA