Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said officers “were on the ground in 12 minutes” after a man with a sword killed a 14-year-old boy and left four other people injured.
Police officers responding to a sword attack in London suffered “very serious injuries”, one of them nearly losing his hand, the Metropolitan police commissioner said.
A 14-year-old boy was killed and four others injured in an attack in Hainaut on Tuesday morning.
Police said they did not believe it was a targeted attack or linked to terrorism and were working to establish the circumstances of the incident.
Update on the 14-year-old victim: The boy attended the same school as the pupil who died in the Nottingham attack.
Police were first on the scene at 7am and footage was shown of police arresting a man who had been shot with a Taser.
Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said officers were “on the ground within 12 minutes” and that “officers sustained serious injuries as part of the initial contact”.
Speaking on LBC this morning, he added: “I spoke to the family and colleagues of a police officer who had a severe injury to her arm. The surgeons spent hours basically trying to put her arm back together.”
Almost lost her hand in the attack Asked about reports that they were separated, Sir Mark said the distance was “less than a million miles”.
The police inspector also sustained a serious injury to his hand during the police investigation. Sir Mark added: “I saw him before the operation and he seemed fine…I think the morphine was partly to blame, to be honest.
The police officer who was among the four injured required surgery. Including two government officials.” On the rampage.
The other two people are civilians and their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Sir Mark did not confirm whether it was the two hospital officers who were seen attacking the attackers with Tasers.
The head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art added that the 36-year-old suspect was arrested 22 minutes later.
Dramatic footage shows the moment he is attacked with a Taser in his driveway and then falls to the ground before several police officers wielding batons approach him.
As the female police officer pulled the sword away from the assailant, the words “Suspect contained” were finally heard.
Sir Mark said this morning: “People are saying police officers are running into danger.”
“What you actually see on videos on social media and news sites…” You can actually see what this is like. The officers run toward someone brandishing a sword. ”
Police said the suspect drove a van into a house near Hainaut metro station and stabbed several people.
The man hasn’t done it yet
The deputy commissioner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said there has been speculation about the suspect’s background, including his contacts with police, but after an extensive investigation, there is no evidence of past incidents involving him. He said it had not been found. Of course, this research will continue. ”
Witnesses said the man was “looking for a victim.”
James Fernando, who lives near the scene of the assault, said the suspect told one of his neighbors, “I called the caller.” I asked to receive a phone call from him to tell him.”
Fernando added: “Within two seconds she knew something was wrong and started running. Then he pulled a samurai sword from the back of his pants. He saw a neighbor alert the boy.”He headed to school. On the way, however, the man attacked him.
“It’s quite traumatizing now. I can’t help but picture the boy’s face,” Fernando added.
Fernando on what he saw of the suspect. He said: When the police arrived, he was still running around with his sword looking for victims.”
A Another witness, who requested anonymity, said he heard screams and cries during the rampage. Stated.
He said he saw a man in a yellow sweater jumping over a fence from his back window and heard someone yelling, “He’s got a giant knife.” The footage also shows a man wearing a yellow sweater chasing an ambulance while holding a sword. His hands lie motionless on the ground as his body.
Home security video showed an ambulance parked next to a body lying on the road in Lane Close, then the ambulance sped away from the scene, with a man screaming and chasing after it.
In another video clip sent by an anonymous resident, a police car arrives before a man verbally confronts police, standing next to a motionless body and asking, “Does anyone here believe in God?” He was screaming.
After a voice is heard shouting “drop the sword,” an officer approaches the man, sprays a substance in his direction, and retreats.