Pictured: Schoolboy, 14, killed in sword attack

Police have released a photo of the 14-year-old boy killed in the sword attack in northeast London on Tuesday.

Daniel Anjorin was a pupil at Bancroft’s private school in Woodford Green – which was also attended by Nottingham attack victim Grace O’Malley-Kumar.

Ms O’Malley-Kumar was killed in a knife attack last June and her parents have offered support to the boy’s family.

The school’s flag is flying at half-mast following the incident in Hainault, northeast London, on Tuesday.

The boy’s mother works at Holy Family Catholic School, which said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that I share with you the news of the death of the child of one of our staff members.

“Mrs Anjorin’s son was taken from this life suddenly this morning on his way to school. Please keep Mrs Anjorin, her husband and their other children in your prayers.”

Four other people, including two police officers, were injured in the attack.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said one of the officers nearly lost her hand while apprehending the suspect.

The injuries suffered by all four are not thought to be life-threatening, and police don’t believe it was a targeted attack or terror-related.

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Officers were called to the scene at 7am, with footage showing police later tasering and arresting a man with a sword, before armed support also showed up.

The words “suspect contained” are heard as a female officer pulls the sword away.

Police said a 33-year-old man was hit when the suspect began the attack by crashing a van into a house on Laing Close.

He was then attacked and suffered a wound to his neck.

A 35-year-old man suffered arm injuries when he was attacked inside a nearby property, said police, and the suspect then went on to attack Daniel.

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‘Horrifically serious injuries’

Sir Mark said officers were “on the ground in 12 minutes” and that “some of the first contacts led to officers being very severely injured”.

He said the two officers hospitalised suffered “horrifically serious injuries”.

Speaking on LBC, he said: “I was talking to the family and colleagues of the woman officer who has a really badly damaged arm, really seriously damaged; the surgeon spent many hours basically putting her arm back together.”

Asked about reports she nearly lost her hand, he said they were “not a million miles away”.

An inspector also suffered a serious hand injury, with Sir Mark adding: “I saw him before the operation, he was in good spirits… I think that’s partly the morphine, to be honest.”

Sir Mark did not confirm whether the two officers in hospital were the ones seen tasering the attacker.

The Met chief added that the 36-year-old suspect was detained after 22 minutes.

Dramatic footage showed the moment he was tasered on a driveway before several officers with batons approached him after he hit the ground.

The words “suspect contained” are heard as a female officer pulls the sword away.

Police have said the suspect crashed a van into a house near the Tube station in Hainault before stabbing a number of people.

The man has not yet been interviewed as he remains in hospital due to the injuries he suffered in the crash.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe said that “despite urgent and extensive checks today, we have found no trace of a prior incident involving him so far, but we will of course continue to make those inquiries”.

James Fernando, someone who lives close to where the rampage took place, said the suspect had asked one of his neighbours to “take the telephone from him to tell whoever was on the phone his location”.

Mr Fernando added: “Within two seconds after that she’s realised something isn’t right, started running and he’s pulled a samurai sword from the back of his trousers.”

He saw the neighbour shout to warn a boy who was on his way to school – but the man attacked him.

“It’s quite traumatising now. I can’t stop envisioning the boy’s face,” Mr Fernando added.

Speaking about what he saw of the suspect, Mr Fernando said: “He was running around, still after the police officers came, with the sword in his hand looking for victims.”

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