Teenage Boy Killed in London Sword Attack

Footage posted on social media appears to show a man wearing a yellow hooded top carrying a large blade. (The Telegraph)
Footage posted on social media appears to show a man wearing a yellow hooded top carrying a large blade. (The Telegraph)
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Teenage Boy Killed in London Sword Attack

Footage posted on social media appears to show a man wearing a yellow hooded top carrying a large blade. (The Telegraph)
Footage posted on social media appears to show a man wearing a yellow hooded top carrying a large blade. (The Telegraph)

A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword.

Police said they did not believe the incident was terrorism-related and there was no ongoing threat to the wider community.

Police tasered and arrested the man after the incident near Hainault in east London. Video footage showed a man wielding what appeared to be a sword.

"It is with great sadness that I confirm one of those injured, a 14-year-old boy, has died. He was taken to hospital after being stabbed and sadly died shortly afterwards," London's Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell said.

He said it was not believed to be a targeted attack.

London's Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe told reporters a 36-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder and was currently in hospital, having suffered injuries when his van collided with a building.

Two members of the public and two police officers were in hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The two police officers had stab wounds requiring surgery.

Britain's King Charles paid tribute to those affected and praised the courage of the emergencies services that helped to contain the incident.

"His (King Charles) thoughts and prayers are with all those affected - in particular, the family of the young victim who has lost his life," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said. 



UK Police Say Two Men Stabbed in London in Stable Condition

Elements of the British police (Reuters)
Elements of the British police (Reuters)
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UK Police Say Two Men Stabbed in London in Stable Condition

Elements of the British police (Reuters)
Elements of the British police (Reuters)

British police said on Wednesday that a man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two men were stabbed in an area of north London with a large Jewish population.

London's Metropolitan Police said the two men who had been stabbed had been taken to hospital and were in a stable condition.

The suspect also attempted to stab police officers, the Met said, adding that no officers were injured, Reuters reported.

"Specialist officers from Counter Terrorism Policing are leading the investigation and working with the Metropolitan Police to establish the full circumstances and any links to terrorism," the Met said in a statement.

Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams said that "investigators are considering all possible motives".


UN: Iran Has Executed 21, Arrested 4,000 Since Start of War

A man walks past an Iranian flag installed along the roadside in Tehran on April 29, 2026, depicting images of children killed on the first day of the war in an alleged US-Israeli missile strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
A man walks past an Iranian flag installed along the roadside in Tehran on April 29, 2026, depicting images of children killed on the first day of the war in an alleged US-Israeli missile strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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UN: Iran Has Executed 21, Arrested 4,000 Since Start of War

A man walks past an Iranian flag installed along the roadside in Tehran on April 29, 2026, depicting images of children killed on the first day of the war in an alleged US-Israeli missile strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
A man walks past an Iranian flag installed along the roadside in Tehran on April 29, 2026, depicting images of children killed on the first day of the war in an alleged US-Israeli missile strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran has executed at least 21 people and arrested more than 4,000 since the beginning of the Middle East war, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Since the US-Israeli strikes sparked the war in late February, at least nine people have been executed in connection with the protests that rocked Iran in January 2026, another 10 for alleged membership of opposition groups and two on spying charges, the UN's rights office said.

More than 4,000 people are meanwhile estimated to have been arrested on national security-related grounds, the agency added, according to AFP.

It said many detainees had been victims of forced disappearances, torture or "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment", including forced confessions -- sometimes televised -- and mock executions.

"I am appalled that -- on top of the already severe impacts of the conflict -- the rights of the Iranian people continue to be stripped from them by the authorities, in harsh and brutal ways," UN rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement.

"I call on the authorities to halt all further executions, establish a moratorium on the use of capital punishment, fully ensure due process and fair trial guarantees, and immediately release those arbitrarily detained."


Trump Reportedly Plans Long Blockade of Iran

Trump Reportedly Plans Long Blockade of Iran
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Trump Reportedly Plans Long Blockade of Iran

Trump Reportedly Plans Long Blockade of Iran

President Donald Trump has told US national security officials to prepare for a long blockade of Iran's ports in order to compel Tehran to give up its nuclear program, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Trump, according to the report, does not believe that Iran is negotiating in good faith and hopes it can be forced to suspend uranium enrichment for 20 years and accept tight restrictions thereafter.

"They better get smart soon!" Trump declared, in a post on his social media platform.

Citing unnamed officials, the Journal said Trump had decided during a Monday meeting in the White House situation room that both resuming bombing or walking away from the conflict were too risky.

Instead, he reportedly told officials, the US Navy would continue to squeeze Iran's key oil exports until Tehran agrees to all of Washington's demands.

Meanwhile, Trump and his top ​officials met with oil and gas executives including Chevron CEO Mike Wirth at the ‌White House ‌on ​Tuesday ‌to ⁠discuss the ​energy fallout ⁠of the Iran war and other topics, Axios reported on Wednesday.

White House ⁠chief of staff ‌Susie ‌Wiles, ​Treasury ‌Secretary Scott Bessent, and ‌envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were present, and topics ‌for the meeting included domestic production, ⁠progress ⁠in Venezuela, oil futures, natural gas and shipping, according to the Axios report.