Sword Attack Rampage Leaves 14-Year-Old Boy Dead, Cops Injured

A 14-year-old boy died Tuesday after being stabbed in a sword attack in London that hurt several other people, including police officers, local authorities said.

The deceased child has not been identified, but his death was confirmed by police after a 36-year-old man was arrested following the disturbing incident in the Hainault area of northeast London. The Metropolitan Police said its officers were first called shortly before 7 a.m. “to reports of a vehicle being driven into a house” and warnings that “people had been stabbed.”

Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, who leads Scotland Yard’s local policing for the East Area Command, said in a later update that the boy had died after being taken to a hospital. “The events of this morning are truly horrific and I cannot begin to imagine how all those affected must be feeling,” Bell said.

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