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It was simply earlier than 7am when loud screams woke the neighbourhood within the quiet suburb of Hainault on Tuesday morning.

A gray transporter van had collided with the house of a “nice family” in Thurlow Gardens. Fearing an accident had taken place, one man went over to see if the driving force was okay earlier than he was attacked.

Stumbling out of the crash, a person in a yellow hoody requested a lady for his location earlier than she noticed him pull an enormous blade out of his trousers and launch his assault.

She turned and fled, working previous a small 14-year-old schoolboy in his PE package she urged him to run too. But he was caught by the swinging blade and fell to the bottom. Locals shouted and swore at him whereas others fled in panic.

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Video footage confirmed a police automotive arrive earlier than the person verbally confronted officers, shouting “Is there anybody here who believes in God?” whereas standing subsequent to the immobile physique.

As he moved away to proceed his bloody rampage, neighbours together with James Fernando, 39, ran in direction of the boy and tried to wrap his head in towel however he stated it was too late.

“As [the victim’s] turned around, he’s struck him on the face… he was dead on the spot,” Mr Fernando stated. “It’s quite traumatising. I can’t stop seeing the boy’s face.”

One police officer took on the sword-wielding attacker. As he lunged towards her with the samurai sword she dodged and hit him within the face with a CS spray.

In video footage, he seemed to be briefly blinded, swearing at himself as he tried to make a break for Hainault station. Further footage confirmed the suspect chasing after an ambulance whereas holding the weapon.

He clambered over fences, bursts into properties, runs by means of gardens, and sprinted throughout a storage roof in a bid to get away from pursuing officers.

One officer screamed out to residents thrice and begged them to verify their doorways had been locked.

Robert Harrison, 71, was woken by screaming when he noticed the suspect strolling previous his home in New North Road.

He advised The Independent: “I saw him walk right past in his orange hoody. There was something wrong with him he was shouting and hollering.

“He was really agitated shouting and swearing loads of people came out to have a go at him.

“There was a policewoman by herself trying to stop him,” he continued. “She was so brave. People criticise the police but she was amazing.

“He lunged towards her and she sprayed him with something. She was trying to stop him from getting to the train station.”

The attacker was lastly cornered by one officer, armed solely with a Taser by the entrance door of 1 unsuspecting native. The suspect was Tasered in a entrance backyard however managed to stumble to a different entrance door reverse.

Their Ring doorbell captured the second he raised the blade excessive above his head in an assault stance as one officer bravely approached drawing their Taser within the tense stand-off.

Suddenly he was captured and dragged to the bottom by the backup officers who piled on prime of him.

Neighbours stated he was tied up, handcuffed and carried right into a police van in a plastic sheet 22 minutes after police obtained the primary name.

The tight-knit neighbourhood has been left counting the price of the rampage.

One younger girl pushed by means of the police cordon, previous the herd of reporters to mourn the lack of her younger neighbour.

Through tears, she stated: “He’s dead. He lived opposite me. I didn’t get to know him but now he’s dead.”