There's been no indication that Rigby knew the men who attacked him with meat cleavers Wednesday afternoon.

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But then he saw two meat cleavers, like a butcher would have.

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Witnesses recounted seeing the suspects armed with meat cleavers and possibly a firearm rushing toward police when officers arrived on the scene.

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There were meat cleavers, knives, wooden chopping blocks, a commercial sausage making machine, a commercial meat mincing machine and weighing scales in the room as well, it said.

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The two attackers get out of the car, then fall on Rigby, stabbing and slashing him to death with their knives and cleavers before they drag his body into the middle of the road.

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