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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Neha Gohil

Hundreds attend vigil for boy, 14, killed in Hainault sword attack

A crowd gathers around a table with a man speaking into a microphone
People gathered at the underground station in Hainault to remember Daniel Anjorin, who was a pupil at Bancroft’ school. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

A candlelit vigil in tribute to Daniel Anjorin, the teenage boy who was killed in a sword attack while walking to school in east London, was attended by more than 300 people on Sunday.

Daniel 14, was killed in the attack in Hainault, east London, with a samurai sword which was used to deliver fatal wounds to his neck and chest. Four other people were injured in the attack on Tuesday.

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