Hainault sword attack: teenage boy killed in attack understood to be Daniel Anjorin – latest updates
Daniel Anjorin was a student at the private Bancroft’s school in Woodford GreenThe scene in Hainault remains quiet following yesterday’s sword attack, with access to the residential area in east London continuing to be restricted, the Telegraph’s Neil Johnston reports.Few people have been allowed in or out of the police cordon, Johnston, who is reporting from the area, noted.The Guardian understands that the 14-year-old boy killed in the sword attack in east London yesterday attended the same school as one of the victims of the 2023 Nottingham attacks.The teenager, understood to be Daniel Anjorin, was a student at the private Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green, which is still reeling from losing one of its alumni, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, who was stabbed to death in Nottingham in June 2023.A flag was seen flying at half-mast at Bancroft’s School, in east London, today – we are expecting the school to an issue a statement later on Wednesday.A statement on the website of the Holy Family Catholic school, in Walthamstow, where the victim’s mother worked, issued a statement expressing its condolences and offering its thoughts and prayers to the victim’s family.A female police officer who suffered “horrifically serious” arm injuries was one of four people who were hurt in the attack, which is still not thought to have been targeted or terror-related. Metropolitan police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said she is facing “a long journey of recovery” after nearly losing her hand. A male officer also suffered serious hand injuries and is recovering in hospital.The UK’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, paid tribute to those affected by the attack at the beginning of prime minister’s Questions on Wednesday, saying that “such violence has no place on our streets”. Continue reading...
Daniel Anjorin was a student at the private Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green
The scene in Hainault remains quiet following yesterday’s sword attack, with access to the residential area in east London continuing to be restricted, the Telegraph’s Neil Johnston reports.
Few people have been allowed in or out of the police cordon, Johnston, who is reporting from the area, noted.
The Guardian understands that the 14-year-old boy killed in the sword attack in east London yesterday attended the same school as one of the victims of the 2023 Nottingham attacks.
The teenager, understood to be Daniel Anjorin, was a student at the private Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green, which is still reeling from losing one of its alumni, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, who was stabbed to death in Nottingham in June 2023.
A flag was seen flying at half-mast at Bancroft’s School, in east London, today – we are expecting the school to an issue a statement later on Wednesday.
A statement on the website of the Holy Family Catholic school, in Walthamstow, where the victim’s mother worked, issued a statement expressing its condolences and offering its thoughts and prayers to the victim’s family.
A female police officer who suffered “horrifically serious” arm injuries was one of four people who were hurt in the attack, which is still not thought to have been targeted or terror-related. Metropolitan police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said she is facing “a long journey of recovery” after nearly losing her hand. A male officer also suffered serious hand injuries and is recovering in hospital.
The UK’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, paid tribute to those affected by the attack at the beginning of prime minister’s Questions on Wednesday, saying that “such violence has no place on our streets”. Continue reading...
