The London Metropolitan Police have named a 14-year-old British-Nigerian Daniel Anjorin as the boy killed in the sword attack that occurred in North-East London on Tuesday.
Police said Anjorin died from stab wounds shortly after being taken to hospital on Tuesday.
He was the only casualty in the attack that left four other people, including two police officers, injured.
The suspect, 36, was cornered and overpowered with a Taser by officers in Thurlow Gardens.
James Fernando, a witness, told the BBC that he saw the suspect asked one of his neighbours to take his phone and “tell whoever was on the phone his location”.
Fernando said the neighbour soon noticed the sword and started running.
“As she fled, the woman shouted to another neighbour, a boy on his way to school, who was then struck by the attacker as he turned around,” he said.
Anjorin was a pupil at Bancroft’s private school in Woodford Green attended also by Nottingham attack victim Grace O’Malley-Kumar.
Daniel’s family described the victim as a “wonderful child” who was “well loved” and “hard-working,” saying his death “leaves a gaping wound in the family”.
The family further lamented to Sky News that, “No family should have to go through what we are experiencing today,” they said. “Any family will understand it’s an absolute tragedy.”
