London sword attack: 14-year-old killed, 4 injured by man on stabbing spree
Global News
Video of the terrifying incident shows a man wearing a yellow hoodie holding a long sword walking in the London suburb of Hainault.
A man wielding a large sword attacked several people in an east London suburb Tuesday morning, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four others.
A 36-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is in police custody, the Metropolitan Police announced.
Police received calls around 7 a.m. local time reporting that a vehicle had been driven into a house in the suburb of Hainault, and that people had been stabbed. Video of the terrifying incident shows a man wearing a yellow hoodie holding a long sword walking in the residential area.
The attacker was tasered and apprehended within 22 minutes of the first call to police, Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell said.
Within those 22 minutes, the attacker stabbed five people. A 14-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries but he “sadly died shortly afterwards,” Bell said.
Two other members of the public were injured and are currently in the hospital. Their injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening.
Two police officers were also stabbed and suffered significant injuries requiring surgery.
“I want to reiterate that at present we do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the wider community,” Bell said, noting that police do not believe the attack to be “terror-related.”
