London: Boy dies after man attacks people, police with sword

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London constabulary said connected Tuesday that they were not treating an incidental of a antheral crashing a car into a gathering and past attacking radical and constabulary with a sword arsenic terrorism-related.

He was arrested soon after.

A 13-year-old lad wounded successful the onslaught aboriginal succumbed to his injuries successful hospital, constabulary said a fewer hours aft the attack.

The London Ambulance Service said paramedics treated 5 radical and took them to hospital.

"This indispensable person been a terrifying incidental for those concerned," Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said. He said helium knew the assemblage would privation much accusation and that constabulary would supply it arsenic soon arsenic possible.

In the shorter term, helium indicated investigators believed the information to person passed.

"We are not looking for much suspects. This incidental does not look to beryllium terror-related," helium said.

Police astatine the country successful Hainault, northbound eastbound London, aft reports of respective radical being stabbed astatine a Tube station.

Local politicians hail constabulary response, pass against speculation

Local MP Wes Streeting was among officials the first to raise the alarm online, saying that a captious incidental had been declared successful portion of his constituency successful East London. He noted subway presumption and roadworthy closures successful response.

London Tube is the world's oldest subway

Streeting aboriginal issued a connection thanking instrumentality enforcement and "particularly the heroic Metropolitan Police Officers who enactment themselves successful harm's mode to support others."

"They are the champion of us," Streeting said.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, meanwhile, said helium remained successful "constant interaction with the [police] commissioner."

Khan besides thanked instrumentality enforcement for "running towards information to support others."

He urged radical "not to speculate until the details of this incidental are confirmed by constabulary and not to station footage connected societal media."

Hainault is simply a ample suburban lodging property successful Ilford successful the Redbridge borough of East London. It's location to astir 13,000 people, according to census information from 2011.