Unknown event in United Kingdom on Tue 30th April 2024

Hainault: Boy, 14, dies after five people including two police officers attacked in sword rampage
A man, 36, was arrested after multiple people were stabbed after a van was driven into a building in a suburban street
A 14-year-old boy has died after a man wielding a sword attacked five people including two police officers in east London.

The officers and two members of the public remain in hospital following the stabbings in Hainault.
None of their injuries are believed to be life-threatening but both police have ”significant injuries” and require surgery.
A 36-year-old suspect remains in custody after being Tasered by police and arrested at the scene.
Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell said: “It is with great sadness that I confirm that one of those injured in the incident, a 14-year-old boy, has died from their injuries.
“He was taken to hospital after being stabbed and sadly died a short while after.

“The child’s family are being supported. Firstly by my local officers and now with specialist officers and everyone across the Met is keeping them in our thoughts at this unimaginably difficult time.”
The Metropolitan Police and other emergency services were called shortly before 7am to reports of a van being driven into a house in Thurlow Gardens.
Ch Supt Bell refused to be drawn on claims the suspect had been previously arrested.
He said: “I’m not going to be commenting on any of those questions other than the information that I’ve released. We will share that information when we feel it’s appropriate and when we know the answers.”

Witness James Fernando, 39, described the horrific moment the boy was stabbed, saying: “I saw a guy get out of a grey Transit after crashing into a house.
“I saw him struck a boy with the sword.  Police turned up and he ran. I stood next next to the boy. It looked like he was gone. I was in total shock.
“He was in sports clothes. I can’t stop seeing the boy’s face.”
Residents awoke to “piercing screams” and a man “covered in blood” outside their homes a short distance from Hainault Tube station.