At least five people have been injured and are now hospitalized after a sword attack perpetrated by a 36 year old man who was arrested this Tuesday near a metro station in the Hainault area, northeast of London.
According to the first indications, the event “It is not related to terrorism.” In addition, According to a statement from the Metropolitan Police (Met), the attack occurred early in the morning when police received calls warning that a car had crashed against a house in the Thurlow Gardens area.
Several videos recorded by citizens who were at the scene of the events have gone viral through social networks in the last hours. In them, you can see the alleged perpetrator of the attack, a man with a beard and dressed in an ocher hoodie, carrying a large sword (in the style of a Japanese katana).
“Here is a video taken of the attacker while he is confronted by the police”, writes Tommy Robinson on his official X profile (previously Twitter9), accompanying his text with some images in which you can see the man cornered by an agent while numerous people watch, frightened, the terrifying scene.
In another of the videos, you can also see the man with his “samurai sword” in the hand, from a different perspective than the images disseminated through the British media. “We understand that the suspect attacked other citizens and two police officers,” added the Police in their statement.
