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Dramatic moment Hainault ‘sword attacker’ is Tasered by cops who chased him through gardens after ‘he murdered boy, 14′
Videos shared with The Sun show police swarming the London street
THIS is the dramatic moment a suspected sword attacker is Tasered by cops who chased him through gardens after he allegedly killed a boy, 14.
The blade-wielding suspect climbed on roofs to evade capture before he was volted to the ground and arrested 22 minutes after the first 999 call.
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Met Police confirmed at midday that the teen boy, who onlookers say was wearing his school uniform at the time of the attack, had tragically died.
Brave cops' confrontation with the suspect was caught on Ring Doorbell footage.
Police bodycam footage also shows officers shouting "come here, drop the sword" after finding him around the back of residential garages.
In orders that go unnoticed by the suspect, officers tell him to get down from the roof and to approach them.
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Still brandishing the weapon, the man refused to surrender and heads into people's gardens.
The cop in the clip then screams out to residents three times begging them to make sure their doors are locked.
He says: "Lock your doors! Lock your doors! Everyone lock your doors!"
Horror footage showed the terrifying scenes unfolding near Hainault Tube Station this morning.
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The station remains closed this evening as forensic officers comb the scene.
Shortly after, police hauled a suspected swordsman to the ground and cuffed him following a brutal frenzy.
Despite multiple cops tackling the man, 36, he continued to resist and was heard shouting, witnesses said.
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, 14, confirmed dead
The force said it was called around 7am to reports a vehicle had been driven into a house in the Thurlow Gardens area.
A spokesman confirmed four others were also rushed to hospital in what's understood to have been a random knifing.
Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe said: "Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of the 14-year-old boy who very sadly died at the scene.
"We will be there to provide every possible support to them and ensure we get them the answers they need.
"We are also thinking of the two other members of public who were injured, as well as brave officers stabbed during the incident.
"The 36-year-old man arrested at the scene is currently in hospital, having suffered injuries when his van collided with a building.
"He has been arrested on suspicion of murder. At this time, given his injuries, we have been unable to interview him."
Footage showed police assembling outside a property in the moments after a suspect was detained.
Uni student Evelina Deliu, 20, told The Sun: “When I woke up, I looked out of my window. The police were shouting ‘get down, get down’.
“They were screaming at him to stop resisting. It took six or seven people to get him down, and a lady (police officer) too.
“He was on the ground right afterwards. They were trying to tie him up and put him in handcuffs.
“He was moving his legs and trying to get out. They had to carry him to the car… because he was tied up he had to be carried.
“The police started picking things up and putting them in evidence bags. There wasn’t much emotion on his face.
“I think he was trying to run away but got caught here.”
One local, who did not want to be named, said he was standing across the road from where the arrest happened.
The concerned dad recalled seeing five officers pin the man to the ground as he was shouting out.
The shrieking sounded like the police - you know when they are ordering someone to stop or to get on their knees or something - it was like that
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The witness said: “They tackled him to the ground. He had a Samurai sword.”
Videos from the scene in Redbridge, near Essex, show a man with a sword pacing back and forth outside a property before eerily ducking down in the garden.
The underground has been locked down all morning as cops declared a critical incident.
Two police helicopters were deployed and continued to circle ahead this morning.
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 brandishing a blade in front of two unarmed cops and an ambulance.
When I woke up, I looked out of my window - the police were shouting ‘get down, get down'.
Evelina Deliu
"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.
"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."
A local said he saw a man stood by his front door covered in blood as he made his way to the Tube.
Peter Rollison said: "I live in Laing Close and made my way to Hainault Station this morning.
"There were a lot of police cars around the corner from me. I stopped from a distance to look at all the commotion, then continued with my journey.
Met Police statement:
Chief superintendent Stuart Bell has said a 14-year-old boy has died in this morning's attack.
"He was taken to hospital after being stabbed and sadly died a short while after," the officer said.
"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 Stuart 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."
"There was a man in his home with his door open, his hand and arm covered in blood.
"I got to the station and TFL staff were talking and clearly shaken. They said a man was running around with a sword.
"As I left them I heard them mention someone had been stabbed in the neck.
"I made my way back home as I couldn't leave my family. I had to ask permission to get to my home as it was part of a cornered off area.
"There were helicopters in the area for quite a while."
Another witness said: "I heard shouting, I heard shrieking - I thought 'who would be shrieking at this time in the morning?'
"The shrieking sounded like the police - you know when they are ordering someone to stop or to get on their knees or something - it was like that.
"It was like 'stop where you are, put that down, put that down' - that kind of thing.
"I looked out the back window because the noise was coming from back there, I saw a bloke dressed in yellow jumping over some fences ... then he went down an alley like he was going back onto the street again.
"I saw a policeman and policewoman - normal coppers with the short-sleeved shirts - who chased after him and they were shouting for him to put it down."
Following the tragedy, King Charles has asked to be kept in the loop with updates.
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A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “Following the horrific scenes in Hainault this morning, The King has asked to be kept fully informed as details of the incident become clearer.
“His thoughts and prayers are with all those affected - in particular, the family of the young victim who has lost his life - and he salutes the courage of the emergency services who helped contain the situation.”
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