Minute-by-minute accounts of horrified residents during Hainault sword rampage

how a sword-wielding man attacked members of the public and police, leaving a 14-year-old boy deadAs people in properties in the Thurlow Gardens area of Hainault , north east London, began waking up, screaming and shouting could be heard from outside at around 6.50am.

He added: “He was running around, still after the police officers came, with the sword in his hand looking for victims.”The Metropolitan Police said two officers suffered “significant” wounds after responding to the scene, while two other members of the public also sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.Footage shows the suspect chasing after an ambulance while holding the weapon as a body lies motionless on the ground.

“We were trying to hide but also at the same time taking video of him attacking the police, and of the body on the floor, so, yeah, we were very scared and we didn’t know what to do.”Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Footage showed how police also sprayed a substance in the suspect’s direction, as he tried to evade capture.An officer was heard shouting “Lock your doors” as the attacker entered residential gardens.

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