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A 13-year-old boy was killed and 4 different people, including 2 constabulary officers, were earnestly injured successful beard onslaught astatine a subway position successful London during Tuesday morning's unreserved hour. File photograph by Andy Rain/EPA
April 30 (UPI) -- A 13-year-old boy was killed and 4 different people, including 2 constabulary officers, were earnestly injured successful beard onslaught astatine a subway position successful London during Tuesday morning's unreserved hour.
Police were called to a study of a conveyance being driven into a location successful northeast of nan superior soon earlier 7 a.m. section clip by a man who past went connected a stabbing rampage attacking members of nan nationalist and 2 constabulary officers astatine a adjacent conduit station, Metropolitan Police said successful a post connected X.
"It is pinch awesome sadness we tin corroborate pursuing a superior incident successful Hainault this greeting a 13-year-old boy has died. He was taken to infirmary aft being stabbed and sadly died soon afterwards," Met Police Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell said.
The London ambulance work said that 5 people, including a teen, had been taken to nan hospital.
Two members of nan nationalist were hospitalized pinch what authorities believed were non-life-threatening injuries. Two Met officers were besides still hospitalized pinch "significant injuries" from stab wounds that will require room but were besides not expected to beryllium life-threatening.
Bell said constabulary utilized a stun weapon connected a 36-year-old man who was arrested 22 minutes aft nan first call.
He added location constabulary did not judge location was immoderate ongoing threat and that nan fishy acted alone.
"We are not looking for much suspects and this incident does not look to beryllium terror-related," Bell said.
Police said nan position had been closed and that they and emergency services were maintaining a ample presence astatine nan segment and surrounding area.
The Met pledged to get answers for nan victims' families and praised nan bravery of constabulary and different emergency services, including paramedics.
"This must person been a terrifying incident for those concerned. I cognize nan wider organization will beryllium emotion daze and alarm," said lawman adjunct commissioner of constabulary Ade Adelekan.
"People will want to cognize what has happened and will we supply much accusation arsenic soon arsenic we can."
Video of nan incident circulating connected societal showed a man pinch a agelong bladed weapon, that looked for illustration a sword.
Mayor Sadiq Khan called nan onslaught heartbreaking.
"I americium perfectly devastated by nan news from Hainault this morning," he said successful a connection posted connected X.
"The constabulary officers and emergency services showed nan champion of our metropolis -- moving toward threat to protect others and I convey them from nan bottommost of my heart," said Khan who is besides nan capital's apical policing official.
