The 14-year-old boy killed in a sword attack in London yesterday was a pupil at the same school attended by Nottingham stabbing victim Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Sky News understands.
The schoolboy killed in Hainault, northeast London, on Tuesday was a student at private school Bancroft’s in Woodford Green.
Grace O’Malley-Kumar – who was killed in the attacks in Nottingham in June last year – was a former student at the school.
The school’s flag is flying at half mast today after the tragedy.
Ms O’Malley Kumar’s parents offered support to the schoolboy’s family this morning.
Four other people were injured in the attack, including two police officers.
Police have said they don’t think it was a targeted attack, or terror-related, and they were working to establish the circumstances of what took place.
Officers were initially called to the scene at 7am with footage showing police apprehending a man after he was tasered.
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