Police statement: Boy dies in hospital after Hainault sword attack

Police statement: Boy dies in hospital after Hainault sword attack

good afternoon everyone um my name is Stuart Bell I’m the East area BCU Commander uh responsible for policing this area of London um I’m going to be making a statement about the events that happened here this morning um it is a prepared statement and afterwards I won’t be taking any questions and if I do I’ll be referring back to the information in the statement purely because this is a very fast moving incident and we will of course share as much information as we can when we get the detail and we can and share it you will be aware that a serious incident occurred here at this location this morning police and ambulance services were called uh and deployed to a number of casualties it is with great sadness um that I confirmed that one of those injured in the incident a 13-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 family are being supported firstly by my local officers and now with some specialist officers um and everyone across the Met is keeping them in our thoughts at this unimaginably difficult time the events of this morning are truly horrific and I cannot even begin to imagine how those affected must be feeling my thoughts are with the injured their families and the wider Community as we all begin to come to terms with what has happened and try to understand what has has happened here I know that there will be clearly and understandably a desire for answers and an explanation as to what happened our investigation is in its very early stages and my officers are working right now to establish the full facts as a priority and we will share what we can when we can uh with the wider community and of course with yourselves a 36-year-old is currently in custody he was tasered here at the scene and arrested 22 minutes after the first call was made to police shortly before 7:00 a.m. this morning I want to confirm at present that we do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the wider public and we’re not seeking any other persons the incident does not appear to be linked to any Act of terrorism we know now that during the incident five people were injured three members of the public and two of my local officers who were responding to the call two two of those members of the public remain in hospital um thankfully their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening the two met police officers are also currently in hospital with stab wounds both require surgery and have significant injuries but we believe at this stage that they were not life-threatening I commend the incredible bravery of not just the police officers but the other emergency responders who came to this scene this morning I would ask anyone with information or any footage that would help us with this investigation to share that and call 101 please I know the families of those involved the local and wider community and many across London will want to know why this terrible incident occurred and it’s our job to find that out and we will I am committed to providing those answers when we can and I would ask for some patients while this important work is carried out thank you for your time Mr man arrested the man was arrested this morning at the scene was he previously arrested 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 okay supect known to the police sir was a suspect known to the police so we do not believe this to be a targeted attack and we are establishing the circumstances at the moment okay thank you no F question thank

A sword-wielding attacker has left five people in hospital, including two police officers.

Police said they were called to the “terrifying incident” near Hainault Tube station in north-east London shortly before 7am amid reports that a man brandishing a large blade was attacking members of the public.

A witness described seeing a man “running around with a samurai sword” who “stabbed four people after crashing his van into a house”.

A 36-year-old man was arrested. The incident does not appear to be terror-related, police said.

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, said he was “absolutely devastated” by the attack, while Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said “such violence has no place on our streets”.

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