Hainault stabbings RECAP: King sends thoughts and prayers to family of 14-year-old boy killed in London sword attack [Video]

We have now heard from a number of witnesses who described how they woke to terrifying scenes on their doorstep after five people were taken to hospital amid reports of multiple stabbings in Hainault, east London.

Let’s recap on what people living and working near the scene have had to say

Daniel Garfinkle, who lives outside the station, said:

I woke up at 7am to lots of shouting. There was a guy outside covered in blood, near the station and outside my home.

Police were trying to calm down the man but he went towards the station. He kept shouting.

Manpreet Singh, an office worker, told BBC Radio Five Live

I just walked out of the office, it was seven o’clock [in the morning] and I heard chaos on the other side of the road. I saw a group of people, five or six of them, trying to fight off a guy – he had a sword on …

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