Hainault stabbing: Dramatic moment man is arrested after ‘attacking five including two cops in sword rampage’
THIS is the dramatic moment a man is arrested after allegedly attacking five people including two cops in a sword rampage.
In terrifying scenes near to Hainault Tube Station this morning, cops hauled a suspected swordsman to the ground and cuffed him following a frenzy which left locals horrified.
Despite multiple cops tackling the man, 36, he continued to resist and was heard shouting, witnesses said.
Met Police said they were called around 7am to reports a vehicle had been driven into a house in the Thurlow Gardens area.
People were reportedly stabbed at the property before the man went on to attack other members of the public and two police officers.
Video footage obtained by The Sun shows police assembling outside the property in the moment after he was detained following a crazed rampage which left five in hospital.
Uni student Evelina Deliu, 20, told The Sun: “When I woke up, I looked out of my window. “The police were shouting ‘get down, get down’.
“They were screaming at him to stop resisting. It took six or seven people to get him down, and a lady (police officer) too.
“He was on the ground right afterwards. They were trying to tie him up and put him in handcuffs.
“He was moving his legs and trying to get out. They had to carry him to the car… because he was tied up he had to be carried.
“The police started picking things up and putting them in evidence bags. There wasn’t much emotion on his face.
“I think he was trying to run away but got caught here.”
One local, who did not want to be named, said he was standing across the road from where the arrest happened.
The concerned dad recalled seeing five officers pin the man to the ground as he was shouting out.
He was then carried into the back of a van.
The witness said: “They tackled him to the ground. He had a samurai sword.”
Videos from the scene in Redbridge, near Essex, show the suspect pacing back and forth outside a property before eerily ducking down in the garden.
The underground has been locked down all morning as cops declared a critical incident and arrested a man.
What we know so far…
- Cops raced to Hainault around 7am after car driven into house
- Reports of multiple people stabbed – including two cops
- Hainault Tube Station closed around 7.30am
- MP Wes Streeting announces ‘critical incident’
- Shocking videos show sword-wielding man on street
- Suspect, 36, arrested and remains in custody
- Ambulance confirm five people raced to hospital
Two police helicopters were deployed and continue to circle ahead.
The condition of those attacked is not yet known.
Another local said he saw a man stood by his front door covered in blood as he made his way to the Tube.
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.
“I got to the station and TFL staff were talking and clearly shaken. They said a man was running around with a sword.
“As I left them I heard them mention someone had been stabbed in the neck.
“I made my way back home as I couldn’t leave my family. I had to ask permission to get to my home as it was part of a cornered off area.
“There were helicopters in the area for quite a while.”
Another witness said: “I heard shouting, I heard shrieking – I thought ‘who would be shrieking at this time in the morning?’
“The shrieking sounded like the police – you know when they are ordering someone to stop or to get on their knees or something – it was like that.
“It was like ‘stop where you are, put that down, put that down’ – that kind of thing.
“I looked out the back window because the noise was coming from back there, I saw a bloke dressed in yellow jumping over some fences … then he went down an alley like he was going back onto the street again.
“I saw a policeman and policewoman – normal coppers with the short-sleeved shirts – who chased after him and they were shouting for him to put it down.”
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said: “This must have been a terrifying incident for those concerned.
“I know the wider community will be feeling shock and alarm.
“People will want to know what has happened and will we provide more information as soon as we can.
“We do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the wider community. We are not looking for more suspects.”
The force do not believe the incident is terror-related.
A spokesperson for London Ambulance service said: “We were called at 6.54am this morning to an incident near Hainault Underground Station.
“We sent multiple resources to the scene. Working together with our emergency services partners, we treated five people and took all five to hospital.
“Our crews have now left the scene.”