The Woman Who Stood Up to the Woolwich Butchers

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One woman faced down two alleged killers who used cleavers and carving knives to hack a soldier to death in London.

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Published May 23 2013 6:55AM EDT

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England has a new heroine and we all have a new champion in the fight against terrorism. She is the 48-year-old Cub Scout leader from Cornwall, Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, who got off a bus in Woolwich, South London, yesterday when she saw a man lying injured in the street and rushed...

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The Woman Who Stood Up to the Woolwich Butchers

One woman faced down two alleged killers who used cleavers and carving knives to hack a soldier to death in London.

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Christopher Dickey