At least four people were stabbed near the Hainault metro station in North East London. The news is reported BBC. The station was closed by the Metropolitan Police while numerous ambulances arrived on site. Officers were alerted around 7am.
A witness reported seeing a man «running around with a samurai sword»: it would have “stabbed four people after crashing his van into a house.” Before being arrested, the assailant he also allegedly attacked two officers.
London Police later confirmed that a 36 year old man He was arrested at the scene and is now in custody. “We do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the community as a whole. We are not looking for any other suspects. This incident does not appear to be linked to terrorism», specified the police.
A video showing an armed man was shared on social media and went viral Laing Close, right next to the metro station. Transport for London (TfL) said Hainault London tube station had been closed.
The previous one from a week ago
On 25 April, “several people” were injured during a stabbing on Kilburn HIgh Road.
The first to report the accident was a Labor MP
Although Scotland Yard he expressly asked not to speculate, once the terrorist motive has been ruled out, the possibility remains of a fit that pushed the man armed with a sword to attack indiscriminately those he met in front of the Tube station. “We were called just before 7am to reports of a vehicle having crashed into a house in the Thurlow Gardens area. There have been reports of people being stabbed,” reads the note released by the Met Police.
“We are awaiting updates on the conditions of the injured.” The first to break the news of what was happening in the suburb of Hainault was the local Labor MP Wes Streetingwhich plays the role of Minister of Health within the shadow government. «Station and road closures are in place. The police, ambulances and firefighters are responding to the scene,” she wrote on her X profile.
