Suspect held in hospital after boy killed in London sword attack
May 02, 2024
London [UK], May 2: A murder suspect remains in hospital after a 14-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured in a stabbing in east London.
A 36-year-old man was tasered and arrested in Hainault on Tuesday morning, then taken to hospital, after sustaining injuries when his van hit a house.
Four other people were injured in the attack - two Met officers who suffered wounds that require surgery, but are not life-threatening, and two members of the public whose injuries are also not thought to be life-threatening.
Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, of the Metropolitan Police, said he did not believe it was a targeted attack, and it is not believed to be terror-related. The sword-wielding suspect was tasered and arrested at the scene but has not yet been interviewed because of his injuries, the Met said.
Dramatic footage obtained by the PA news agency captured the suspect being cornered and tasered by officers on a residential driveway.
The video shows how officers shout at the suspect, saying "Don't move, don't move" after he is brought to the ground by three separate taser discharges. The words "suspect contained" are eventually heard as a female officer pulls the sword away from the attacker.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe said there has been speculation about the suspect's background, including police contact with him, and "despite urgent and extensive checkstoday, we have found no trace of a prior incident involving him so far, but we will of course continue to make those inquiries".
Source: Qatar Tribune
