A THIRTEEN-year-old boy has been killed in the horror Hainault sword attack after a man allegedly went on a rampage.
The tragic death of the teen schoolboy comes after five people including two police officers were knifed in a terrifying frenzy.
A man, 36, wielded a huge blade and prowled the streets near the Tube Station in east London on Tuesday morning, it is said.
Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell has this afternoon revealed the heartbreaking news that one of the victims has died in hospital.
What we know so far...
- Cops raced to Hainault around 7am after car driven into house
- Reports of five stabbed - including two cops
- Hainault Tube Station closed around 7.30am
- Shocking videos show sword-wielding man on street
- Suspect, 36, arrested and remains in custody
- Ambulance say five people raced to hospital
- Boy, 13, confirmed dead
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He said: "It is with great sadness that I confirm that one of those injured in the incident, a 13-year-old boy, has died from their injuries.
"He was taken to hospital after being stabbed and sadly died a short while after.
"The child's family are being supported firstly by my local officers and now with some specialist officers and everyone across the Met is keeping them in our thoughts at this unimaginably difficult time."
Commander Bell described the incident this morning as "truly horrific".
"I cannot even begin to imagine how those affected must be feeling," he said.
"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 to what happened.
"Our investigation is in its very early stages and my officers are working right now to establish the full facts as a priority."
Met Police said they were called around 7am to reports a vehicle had been driven into a house in the Thurlow Gardens area.
We do not believe this to be a targeted attack and we are establishing the circumstances at the moment
Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell
People were reportedly stabbed at the property before the suspect went on to attack random members of the public and two cops.
Commander Bell said the two other members of the public remain in hospital.
Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
The two Met Police officers are also currently in hospital and will need surgery.
They have significant injuries but they are not believed to be life-threatening at this stage, says Commander Bell.
He added: "I commend the incredible bravery of not just the police officers but the other emergency responders who came to this scene this morning."
The suspect was tasered and arrested 22 minutes after the first 999 call.
Commander Bell continued: "I want to confirm at present that we do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the wider public and we're not seeking any other persons.
"The incident does not appear to be linked to any act of terrorism.
"We do not believe this to be a targeted attack and we are establishing the circumstances at the moment."
The force is now urging anyone with information to contact 101.
One resident said she saw a body on the ground as she hid by her window while a man wielding a sword shouted "do you believe in God?" outside her house.
The local from Laing Close, who does not wish to be named, said she saw a man standing outside her home next to a body and wielding a sword in front of two unarmed police and an ambulance.
"He was wielding his sword trying to attack the police but then they sprayed him and he ran away," she said.
"He was shouting at the police 'do you believe in God?', also at the ambulance.
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"We were very scared and trying to hide and not show ourselves through the window, because he was standing right next to our house and he could have seen us if he looked up.
"We were trying to hide but also at the same time taking video of him attacking the police, and of the body on the floor, so, yeah, we were very scared and we didn't know what to do."