Police confirm that a 14-year-old boy has died, with four others hospitalised, after a 36-year-old man attacked police and members of the public with a 'Samurai-style blade' in London earlier today.

A man was arrested and emergency services swarmed to the scene outside Hainault Tube station in North-East London after members of the public and police officers were attacked, while videos posted by bystanders circulated online showing a man holding the sword walking around a residential street.

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