On 30 April 2024, a man crashed a van into a pedestrian and property in the suburban area of Hainault, London, before randomly attacking people with a sword.
A 36-year-old man, Marcus Arduini Monzo, was arrested at the scene after being struck by several Taser rounds and tackled to the ground by more responding police officers.
Around this time, a man in a yellow hoodie had crashed a van into a property, also hitting a pedestrian, whereupon bystanders approached the vehicle under the assumption an accident had occurred.
The attacker, who was injured in the crash, exited the van and asked a woman where he was before pulling a sword from his trousers and proceeding to slash at the neck of the man he had hit with the vehicle, yelling that he was going to kill him.
[4][11][16][17] Marcus Arduini Monzo (born 11 April 1988)[18][19] was arrested at the scene after being struck by several Taser rounds and tackled to the ground by police.
[25] On Sunday 5 May, around 300 people gathered at the car park of Hainault tube station to attend a vigil for Daniel Anjorin.