The samurai's attack was caught on the bell
Emil Forsberg
Published 00.14
Here, the samurai goes on the attack in London.
Cameras in the area captured the act of madness in which a 14-year-old boy was killed.
- It is traumatizing. I can't stop thinking about the boy's face, says James Fernando.
A 14-year-old boy died and five others were injured when a man armed with a samurai sword went on the attack after a car crash in Hainault, on the outskirts of London.
For 22 chaotic minutes, the man, who is wearing a yellow hoodie, runs around the area and injures people with the sword.
A video from the scene shows the ambulance arriving to try to help an injured person on the ground, before the paramedics are chased away by the man with the samurai sword.
- He ran around with the sword even when the police arrived at the scene and were looking for victims, says 39-year-old James Fernando, who lives in the area, to the BBC.
The police finally managed to call the perpetrator. The dramatic intervention was caught on a camera from a doorbell.
- Drop the sword, the police shouted before firing a stun gun at the man, who fell to the ground.
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"Pulled samurai sword out of pants"
The police do not know what prompted the attack. The perpetrator is being treated in hospital and has not been interviewed.
- We will continue to investigate this, says police officer Louisa Rolfe to the BBC.
James Fernando witnessed the act of insanity in his residential area. He says the perpetrator took the cell phone from a neighbor to hear who was on the other end of the call.
- She understood that something was not right and started running. Then he pulled a samurai sword out of his pants.
He then saw how the perpetrator attacked the 14-year-old boy who, according to the British press, was on his way to school.
- It is traumatizing. I can't stop thinking about the boy's face, says James Fernando.
The police do not know what prompted the attack. The perpetrator is being treated in hospital and has not been interviewed.
- We will continue to investigate this, says police officer Louisa Rolfe to the BBC.
James Fernando witnessed the act of insanity in his residential area. He says the perpetrator took the cell phone from a neighbor to hear who was on the other end of the call.
- She understood that something was not right and started running. Then he pulled a samurai sword out of his pants.
He then saw how the perpetrator attacked the 14-year-old boy who, according to the British press, was on his way to school.
- It is traumatizing. I can't stop thinking about the boy's face, says James Fernando.
The place where the samurai was captured. Photo: Jordan Pettitt/AP
