Aerials show scene of Hainault stabbing attack

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Published 2024-04-30
Aerial footage taken by Sky News showed a police cordon and blood on the ground at the scene of a stabbing attack in north-east London on Tuesday.
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A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and two police officers in Hainault before being arrested, police said. The London Ambulance Service said emergency workers treated five people and took them to hospital. Police confirmed a 14-year-old boy has died as a result of his injuries.

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All Comments (21)
  • @chanelgez2146
    that poor young lad who died devastating my thoughts go out to the parents at this horrific time R.I.P young man gone too soon.
  • @macklee6837
    It's shocking seeing all that blood on the road and knowing the poor boy died Heartbreaking
  • @moncey1120
    "A long knife resembling a sword" So, a sword?
  • Not terrorism? How? He unlawfully uses weapons in pursuit of some sort of ideological aim.
  • @neilgodfrey2669
    History of ill health? Whatever gave you that idea? Seems like the actions of a perfectly sane person to me
  • @jayneknight5893
    What has happened to our country over the past 40 years???!
  • @marydass3411
    Lord have mercy we ought to becareful this can happen anywhere anytime people look normal but ain't we living in the last days of earth's history
  • @glynjones5280
    Mental health care is almost non existing in the uk
  • @teejayyyyy
    where are the comments linking his crime to his ethnic background?
  • @jennykarling862
    A local resident said the bloke was detained yesterday but released.
  • @hanna-vl1ch
    If this is not a terrorist attack, I don't know what is? My condolences is with the young boys family and l wish for a fast recovery for the officers.
  • @AlphonseWeebay
    Unable to criminalise the innocent young boy who was murdered, the press and police have instead chosen to scrub the internet of information on the animal and protect his identity
  • @ErickHumboldt
    We want more information about the suspect !!! this silence is very suspicious
  • @mrsandman1416
    Odd how despite this appearing to be a white English monster there are still comments blaming multiculturalism for this....