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Everything we know as man with sword arrested and five in hospital

Everything we know as man with sword arrested and five in hospital

A 14-year-old boy was killed and four others were hospitalised on Tuesday morning after a man wielding a sword launched an attack near a north east London tube station, police have said. Emergency services were called to the scene shortly before 7am to reports that a car had driven into a house and that several people had been stabbed near Hainault station. The force said the suspect is understood to have gone on to attack other members of the public and two police officers. Four people remain in hospital with injuries believed not to be life-threatening. Both police officers will require surgery, the Metropolitan Police said. Pictures showed a man a knife as one man spoke of how the suspect was involved in a stand-off with police in an alleyway in the Thurlow Gardens area. A 36-year-old man has been arrested and police said they were not looking for further suspects. Here’s everything we know so far about the Hainault tube station stabbing: (Getty Images) How did the incident unfold? The Metropolitan Police said officers …

Why Is The Met Police Chief Facing Calls To Quit?

Why Is The Met Police Chief Facing Calls To Quit?

Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is facing calls to quit after an angry backlash to his force’s response during a Pro-Palestine protest. Rowley replaced Cressida Dick as Met commissioner back in 2022, following a particularly tumultuous period for the force. So why is he now being asked to step down, less than two years later? Here’s what you need to know. What happened? On Friday, April 13, a police officer was seen on video describing a man – Gideon Falter, the chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) – as “openly Jewish” at a pro-Palestine protest in London. According to footage published by the CAA, the officer said: “You are quite openly Jewish. This is pro-Palestinian march. I am not accusing you of anything, but I am worried about the reaction to your presence.” Falter was wearing a kippah skull-cap at the time and said he was just walking past the protest to go to synagogue. He was told his presence was causing a “breach of peace”. In one clip of the incident, an …