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Moment Hainault sword attack suspect is Tasered by police after boy, 14, killed

Source: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

A doorbell camera has captured the shocking moment a sword-weilding man was Tasered by a police officer after he attacked five people in east London.

A boy, 14, died and two Metropolitan Police officers were among those seriously injured in the horrifying attack in Hainault on Tuesday morning.

Two members of the public and the two officers remain in hospital.

A 36-year-old suspect has been arrested on suspicion of

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