A 14-year-old boy who died in yesterday's sword attack in Hainault, northeast London has been named.
Daniel Anjorin was stabbed to death whilst on his way to school when a man launched into an attack, leaving four others injured.
He was a pupil at Bancroft's private school in Woodford Green - which was also attended by Nottingham attack victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar.
The school's flag is flying at half-mast following the incident.
Daniel Anjorin was knifed to death whilst on his way to schoolPAHis mother works as a teacher at Holy Family School in Walthamstow, who said the following in a statement published on their website: "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."
Four others were injured in the attack in northeast London, including two police officers.
Met Police detectives have said they don't think it was a targeted attack, or terror-related.
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Footage from doorbell camera of police officers tasering and detaining a sword-wielding man in Hainault, north east LondonPAOfficers are still working to establish the circumstances of what took place in Hainault. Police were initially called to the scene at 7am with footage showing police apprehending a man after he was tasered.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley told LBC an officer had undergone several hours of surgery following the attack in Hainault and faces "a long journey of recovery" after nearly losing her hand.
He said: "The surgeon spent many, many hours basically putting her arm back together."
A male officer also suffered serious hand injuries and is recovering in hospital.
Police tape around a van on Laing Close in Hainault, east LondonPAWhen asked if more officers need guns, Rowley said: "I'm not someone who's a fan of moving toward fully armed policing" and the "largely unarmed model" should be protected.
The Metropolitan Police Federation has since called for "every officer" to be given a taser, after it is thought the first officers at the scene of yesterday's stabbing were not equipped with the devices.
The tasers incapacitate victims via an electric shock, however only less than a quarter of Met Police officers are currently trained to carry them.
Speaking to GB News yesterday in the immediate aftermath of the attack, former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley called for officers to be armed with "tasers instead of firearms", as he argued that adding "100,000 firearms to the streets of Britain will not make it a safer place to live".
Bleksley continued: "We need further rolling out of tasers, particularly to frontline response officers.
"I would like to see all officers armed with tasers, and I think there is a greater groundswell of police opinion and public opinion that would support that."
