Pictured: Schoolboy Daniel Anjorin, 14, killed in Hainault sword attack - as ... trends now

The 14-year-old killed in the London sword attack was today pictured for the first time after being named as Daniel Anjorin - the youngest of three children from a respected churchgoing Nigerian family.

Daniel went to the £24,990-a-year Bancroft's school in Woodford Green –where Nottingham stabbing victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar, 19, was also a pupil. The flag on the school's building flew at half-mast today.

A friend of the schoolboy described him as a 'very good person' who excelled in maths, loved football and supported Arsenal. 

Cyan Thompson, 19, told the Independent: 'I'm way older but Daniel was better than me at maths. I was planning on playing football with him later today, but that's not going to happen.

'He was like a prime Messi, he could get past me very easily. He was small but very jinky. He was a very determined guy. I support Man City, he supports Arsenal, it was a good rivalry.'

Daniel's parents are health and safety consultant Dr Ebenezer Anjorin, 59, and science teacher Grace Anjorin, 49, who married in 2002.

Dr Anjorin is said to have worked for Transport for London for more than 20 years, and is a trustee for his local Citizens Advice Bureau, reported the Telegraph. 

Mrs Anjorin teaches at The Holy Family School in Walthamstow, which described its 'great sadness' at Daniel's death.

The chaos in Hainault saw a man armed with a sword go on the rampage, killing Daniel and injuring two other members of the public.

Officers had arrived at the scene within 12 minutes. The Met said they used Pava incapacitant spray and a Taser but these had 'limited impact'. 

Two officers were attacked and sustained serious injuries. 

The suspect fled again before being surrounded by other officers in Thurlow Gardens. They used Taser to overpower him. 

Witness Aiste Dabasinskaaite told ITV of the moment she saw a man fatally stab the teenager. She said the man asked her for the address of the area they were in, then put his foot on her foot so she 'couldn't back off'.

She said: 'Once I told the address, he sort of moved closer towards me, he put his foot on my foot so I couldn't back off and then that's when he like drew out the sword. It was arm's length. It was honestly petrifying. I just ran down the road, I didn't even look back to see if he was chasing me.'

Ms Dabasinskaaite said she tried to warn the teenager, adding: 'My instinct was to shout and wave at him, which is what me and another neighbour did but because he had just his headphones on I don't think he heard either of us. 

'It was sort of a moment where we just went from shouting to just blankness, just felt empty. You wouldn't think that would happen on your doorstep, you know.'

Daniel's mother works at Holy Family Catholic School, which published a statement on its website addressed to parents and carers that said: '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.'

The O'Malley-Kumar family are from Woodford Green, which is about three miles away from Hainault, and offered their support to the Anjorin family today.

Speaking on ITV'S Good Morning Britain (GMB) today, Miss O'Malley-Kumar's parents Sinead O'Malley and Dr Sanjoy Kumar offered to meet the boy's family and said they 'empathised' with them following yesterday's attack.

It had chilling echoes of their daughter's murder 11 months ago – with both incidents seeing suspects go on a knife-wielding rampage and crash a van, before being tasered by police and arrested.

Mrs O'Malley said: 'I don't think there's anything that anybody can say to alleviate their heart and their pain so we wouldn't try to minimise that, but all we can do is empathise and hope they will heal with time.'

Her daughter was repeatedly stabbed to death after she came to the aid of her friend Barnaby Webber, also 19, instead of fleeing the scene.

Dr Kumar told GMB: 'It seems every day something like this is reported in the press. It's absolutely appalling, you can't even imagine what the parents are going through. This is the most difficult thing for any parent to endure.

'It's something we've endured now for many months and I can tell you how distraught the family are feeling, is only felt by a few like us who have lost children in these absolutely appalling circumstances.'

Miss Kumar, an England under-18s hockey player and University of Nottingham student, died a hero as she bravely tried to fight off Valdo Calocane, 32, during a city-wide rampage in Nottingham on June 13 last year.

Caretaker Ian Coates, 65, was fatally stabbed by Calocane and left for dead.

Calocane was sentenced to detention in a high-security hospital after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. 

But there will be a hearing on May 8 at the Royal Courts of Justice in London for a sentencing review.

Miss Kumar's 'astonishing bravery' was recognised during a

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