Around 7am this morning, police received reports a man wielding a sword had attacked members of the public in Hainault, northeast London.
A 13-year-old boy has died after a stabbing attack in northeast London. Police were called to reports a 36-year-old man was wielding a sword and attacking members of the public around 7am. Officers were also caught up in the rampage in Hainault, northeast London, near the Tube station.
Police added that they did not think it was a targeted attack, or terror-related, and they were working to establish the circumstances of what took place. Eyewitness Chris Bates told Sky News he saw police apprehend a suspect wielding a 'big samurai sword'. He said that, after confronting the suspect, police screamed at them to drop the sword, before they Tasered him, and 'piled on top of him', arresting him.
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