Hainault stabbing reside information: Boy, 13, killed as police launch homicide probe after sword assault close to station | EUROtoday

Police have pledged to determine the “full facts” of the “truly horrific” incident in Hainault this morning, through which a 13-year-old boy has been killed and 4 others injured.

“The events of this morning are truly horrific and I cannot even begin to imagine how those affected must be feeling,” Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell instructed reporters in Hainault.

“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 happened here.

“I know that there will be – clearly and understandably – a desire for answers and an explanation. Our investigation is in its very early stages and my officers are working right now to establish the full facts as a priority. We will share what we can when we can with the wider community.”

Two members of the general public stay in hospital with accidents not believed to be life-threatening.

Two law enforcement officials are additionally in hospital. Both require surgical procedure however their accidents are additionally not believed to be life threatening, mentioned Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell.

A 13-year-old boy has died from their accidents, police have mentioned.

He was taken to hospital after being stabbed and died a short while after, mentioned Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell.

Neighbours hailed the actions of a feminine police officer who tried to cease the alleged attacker.

Robert Harrison, 71, who was woken by screaming exterior his home on New North Road, instructed The Independent that he heard a person who was “really agitated shouting and swearing” and that “loads of people came out to have a go at him”.

“There was a policewoman by herself trying to stop him,” he mentioned, including: “He lunged towards her and she sprayed him with something. She was trying to stop him from getting to the train station.”

Knife crime offences in London recorded by the Metropolitan Police rose yr on yr within the newest figures, however haven’t but returned to ranges seen earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some 14,577 offences have been recorded within the 12 months to December 2023, Home Office knowledge exhibits.

This is up 20 per cent from 12,119 within the earlier 12 months, however is barely beneath the 14,680 within the yr to March 2020.

Of the 49,489 knife crime offences recorded in England and Wales in 2023, 29 per cent have been by the Metropolitan Police, the next proportion than another drive.

An anticipated replace from the Metropolitan Police on the scene of the stabbing in Hainault has been delayed.

Police have been as a result of give a press release at noon, which is now anticipated to probably come at 12:30pm.

Eyewitness footage exhibits a person wielding a sword in Hainault on Tuesday.

Here are the newest footage from the scene at Hainault:

One native resident instructed The Independent they woke as much as “the sound of a huge crash” brought on by “a van that had driven straight into the side of the house opposite” his.

He described watching the occasions unfold and seeing “people running and screaming”, including: “It’s all so surreal for a Tuesday morning.

“I was in my house watching out my window the whole time so I never personally felt worried but kids were on the way to school and my neighbours were on the way to work.”

The suspect was Tasered by police, an eyewitness has claimed.

“There was about seven or eight police cars entering that road and after another 10 minutes, I saw the guy running towards the station and entered the road opposite the station,” he told Radio 5 Live.

“He tried to get into one of the houses but couldn’t get into it and that’s after they Tasered him.”