Hainault stabbing: The police who put their lives at risk to stop sword
When reports of a knife-wielding man going on the rampage through east London came through on Tuesday morning officers from the Metropolitan Police leapt into action.
Dozens of officers, both armed and unarmed, descended on Hainault shortly before 7am in a bid to find and disarm the suspect as quickly as possible after a teenage boy was tragically killed and two members of the public wounded.
What followed was a deadly game of cat and mouse, with brave police chasing after the sword-wielding suspect as he scaled rooftops and vaulted fences in a bid to escape.
In the process two officers were seriously injured, before a brave female colleague, armed only with her Taser, cornered the suspect outside a garage in a nearby street.
Dramatic footage captured the moment the heroic cop stared down the man, before Tasering him along with her fellow officers as as gun-wielding police arrived on the scene, bringing an end to the rampage.
Dramatic CCTV footage has emerged showing the moment a sword-wielding man was tasered and arrested by police
Officers can be seen demanding the 36-year-old suspect drop his weapon as he stands with sword in hand in front of a garage
The suspect is then seen being detained on the ground by multiple police officers
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In the video, a man wearing a yellow hooded top can be seen climbing over a fence on to a residential driveway to the backdrop of police sirens in Hainault, east London
Clutching the sword in his right hand, he makes his way across the driveway as a group of four officers step out of a nearby marked car.
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AdvertisementOne officer can be heard shouting 'Stay where you are' as his colleagues appear to split up and corner the suspect.
The suspect can be seen holding his left arm up in defence as one Taser is discharged.
The man then appears to hide behind a vehicle as male officers and the female cop close in on him.
A male officer discharges their Taser twice, while the female officer can also be seen firing her Taser at the suspect.
The woman then bravely moves forward as the suspect continues to hold the knife, before he falls to the ground out of the camera's view.
The footage then shows seven officers swarm around the suspect, with three brandishing truncheons and the two officers with Tasers still pointing them at him.
A male officer then shouts 'Don't move, don't f