UK’s Metropolitan Police has identified Daniel Anjorin as the victim of Tuesday’s horrific sword attack in Hainault, East London.
Anjorin died after a man wielding a sword stabbed him, two police officers and two other people, in a street attack, police said.
The man used what appeared to be a Samurai-type sword in the Hainault district shortly before 7:00 am (0600 GMT).
Police said they arrested a 36-year-old man using Taser stun weapons and took him into custody. The incident is not believed to be terror-related, they said.
“This is an incredibly tragic incident that has resulted in a young boy losing his life and his family devastated,” Detective Chief Inspector Larry Smith who leads the investigation said. “On behalf of the family, I would ask that their privacy is respected.”
Bancroft’s, the school Anjorin attended before he was killed, described him as a “true scholar”.
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