'He’s got a massive sword' - London stabbing witness heard 'shrieks and screams' following attack

Witnesses have spoken of hearing shrieks and screams following a reported attack by a man wielding a sword in London.

Five people have been taken to hospital following the incident which happened in Hainault, east London, at around 7am on Wednesday.

Police said officers were initially called to reports of a vehicle being driven into a house. Officers said there were reports of people being stabbed during the incident and the suspect is understood to have gone on to attack other members of the public and two police officers.

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A 36-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is in custody, police said. Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident and it is not believed to be terror-related.

One man, who asked not to be named, said he heard a 'huge commotion' and saw a man dressed in yellow jumping over fences from his back window.

He said: "I heard shouting, I heard shrieking I thought 'who would be shrieking at this time in the morning?'

"The shrieking sounded like the police you know when they are ordering someone to stop or to get on their knees or something it was like that.

"It was like 'stop where you are, put that down, put that down' that kind of thing.

"I looked out the back window because the noise was coming from back there, I saw a bloke dressed in yellow jumping over some fences ... then he went down an alley like he was going back onto the street again.

"I saw a policeman and policewoman normal coppers with the short-sleeved shirts who chased after him and they were shouting for him to put it down."

He continued: "I also heard the words 'he's got a massive knife', or 'he's got a massive sword'.

"Then he disappeared down