>> you people will never be safe. >> reporter: on the street lay his victim, a man believed to be a soldier hacked to death. the killer continued, saying, "this was an eye for an eye because muslims are dying by british soldiers every day." a horrific bloody attack designed to shock the city and country. >> total chaos. i don't believe someone has been targeted this way in an area that i live in. >> reporter: after the murderer spoke to eyewitnesses, the police arrived. the suspected killers rushed at the officers. >> they actually went for the police with the machetes, the knife, and the handgun. >> reporter: police shot both men, but they survived. they are now hospitalized under heavy guard. >> we have had these sorts of attacks before in our country, and we never buckle in the face of them. >> reporter: but there are fears of more attacks. security has been increased outside all of london's army bases. >> there are strong indications that it is a terrorist incident.