Boy, 13, dies in Hainault sword attack: Police confirm fatality after five ... trends now

A 13-year-old boy has been killed and four injured in a 'terrifying sword attack' in east London this morning. 

Two police officers and three members of the public were rushed to hospital after reports a car had driven into a home in Hainault, east London, shortly before 7am on Tuesday.

Metropolitan Police confirmed in a statement this afternoon that one of the people injured in the attack has since died. 

They added that the police officers require surgery and are in a serious but not life-threatening condition in hospital.  

Horrifying footage posted on social media appears to show a sword-wielding suspect wearing a yellow hoodie as he prowled the streets and crouched beside homes.

Metropolitan Police later confirmed a 36-year-old man had been arrested. They are not looking for more suspects in relation to the ordeal and the attack 'does not appear to be terror-related', police said.

Locals told MailOnline how they woke to sounds of 'piercing screams' and a man 'covered in blood' outside their homes in the Thurlow Gardens area.

Daniel Garfinkle, who lives outside the station, said: 'I woke up at 7am to lots of shouting.  There was a guy outside covered in blood, near the station and outside my home.

'Police were trying to calm down the man who carried out the stabbing. But he went towards the station. He kept shouting.'

Another local said: 'There was at least one man lying in a pool of blood. It was horrific. 

'There were these terrible screams I woke to piercing screams, people said it was with a machete.'

A different local told The Sun that he saw a man covered in blood standing by his front door. 

Peter Rollison said: 'I live in Laing Close and made my way to Hainault Station this morning.

'There were a lot of police cars around the corner from me. I stopped from a distance to look at all the commotion, then continued with my journey.

'There was a man in his home with his door open, his hand and arm covered in blood.'

A univeristy law student has also told of told how the 'Hainault swordsman' resisted arrest when he was surrounded by police in a quiet residential road.

Evelina Deliu said: 'I was woken up by loud noise outside my bedroom window.

'I saw this man in next door garden cowering on the ground by the banana tree.

'There were police all around him. He was struggling with them.

'The police were shouting 'get down, get down!' 

'It took six or seven people to get him down.

'There was a lady (police officer) with them. 

'They were trying to tie him up and put him in hand cuffs.