Friends of a 14-year-old boy killed in a sword rampage in east London have said his family are heartbroken, as his teachers praised “a true scholar with a positive nature and gentle character”.
School leaders said they had been left devastated and in “profound shock and sorrow” at the death of Daniel Anjorin, who was attacked on his way to school in Hainault on Tuesday. Four other people were injured, including a police officer who nearly lost her hand.
It was the second knife tragedy in less than a year to hit Bancroft’s School in Woodford Green, northeast London, after Grace O’Malley-Kumar, who was also a pupil there, was killed by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham last June.
Daniel, the son of a teacher, excelled at maths and sports, and made people smile when he walked into a room, his friends said.
Cyan Thompson, 19, told The Independent: “He was a very good person, on his way to school, and then some random person did that. For what purpose?
“I saw him the day before he was killed. My friend was supposed to go with him to school but forgot something at home and had to go back. He expected to see him in class. His mum won’t let him out of the house now.
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