Grace O'Malley Kumar's parents say 'failure' is to blame for Hainault rampage and more attacks could happen after boy, 14, who went to same school as their daughter is stabbed to death

The parents of knife victim Grace O'Malley Kumar have said 'failures' are to blame for the Hainault rampage after a fourteen-year-old boy who went to the same school as their daughter was stabbed to death. 

The chaos in Hainault, London, yesterday saw a man armed with a sword go on the rampage, killing Daniel Anjorin and injuring two other members of the public as well as two police officers.

Daniel went to the £24,990-a-year Bancroft's private school in Woodford Green, where Miss O'Malley-Kumar - who was killed last June - was also a former student.

Grace, 19, was killed in a random knife attack by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane, alongside her university friend Barnaby Webber. 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates was also killed. 

Grace's father Dr Sanjoy Kumar said that when crimes such as stabbings happen on UK streets, it is because of a 'failure somewhere along the line'. 

'But I can almost assure you, that when something like this happens on our streets, it is because of a failure somewhere along the line,' he said. 

'What we must all do as a nation really is we must look at the failures and get them right. 

'Because if we don't, these things are going to carry on happening and what seems to the public at the moment is that there is nothing happening about the failures.' 

Police previously admitted they 'should have done more' to stop killer Calocane before he went on the stabbing rampage that killed the two students and Mr Coates. 

Calocane, a graduate engineering student, was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when he 'deliberately and mercilessly' stabbed Barnaby, Grace and Ian in the early hours of the morning last June. 

Nottingham Crown Court heard from psychiatrists who discussed Calocane's mental state, with one telling the packed courtroom the 32-year-old heard voices telling him he needed to kill people or his family would be hurt. 

Grace's father added: 'We hear about terrible tragedies every day, but do you hear a positive step being taken by people in positions of power or the government - you don't. 

'And that's really disappointing for people like us, who are on the street, we are basic onlookers, we are like ordinary families out there who are asking for security in the country, and it just seems to me that positive change is so long overdue.  

'Why do these failures happen? We have to hold people who are treating these people who commit crimes responsible for their treatment, and they have to actually answer some very, very tough questions in my view, as to why is it that a patient who is under their care, who they are the responsible medical officer for, are committing these crimes.' 

Details of the horror in Hainault yesterday continued to emerge this morning as it was also revealed that the boy - named locally as Daniel – attended the same school where Nottingham stabbing victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar was a pupil.

Daniel went to the £24,990-a-year Bancroft's private school in Woodford Green, where Miss O'Malley-Kumar - who was killed last June - was also a former student.

The chaos in Hainault saw a man armed with a sword go on the rampage, killing Daniel and injuring two other members of the public as well as two police officers.

Neighbours recalling the scenes yesterday morning said the attacker first spoke to a woman, asking her to confirm his location, before she saw the weapon and fled. She tried to warn Daniel, who is said to be a Nigerian boy, but it was too late.

Witness Aiste Dabasinskaaite told ITV of the moment she saw a man fatally stab the teenager. She said the man asked her for the address of the area they were in, then put his foot on her foot so she 'couldn't back off'.

She said: 'Once I told the address, he sort of moved closer towards me, he put his foot on my foot so I couldn't back off and then that's when he like drew out the sword. It was arm's length. It was honestly petrifying. I just ran down the road, I didn't even look back to see if he was chasing me.'

Ms Dabasinskaaite said she tried to warn the teenager, adding: 'My instinct was to shout and wave at him, which is what me and another neighbour did but because he had just his headphones on I don't think he heard either of us. 

'It was sort of a moment where we just went from shouting to just blankness, just felt empty. You wouldn't think that would happen on your doorstep, you know.'

Daniel's mother works at Holy Family Catholic School, which published a statement on its website addressed to parents and carers that said: 'It is with great sadness that I share with you the news of the death of the child of one of our staff members.

'Mrs Anjorin's son was taken from this life suddenly this morning on his way to school. Please keep Mrs Anjorin, her husband and their other children in your prayers.'

The O'Malley-Kumar family are from Woodford Green, which is about three miles away from Hainault, and offered their support to the Anjorin family today.

Speaking on ITV'S Good Morning Britain (GMB) today, Miss O'Malley-Kumar's parents Sinead O'Malley and Dr Sanjoy Kumar offered to meet the boy's family and said they 'empathised' with them following yesterday's attack.

It had chilling echoes of their daughter's murder 11 months ago – with both incidents seeing suspects go on a knife-wielding rampage and crash a van, before being tasered by police and arrested.

Mrs O'Malley said: 'I don't think there's anything that anybody can say to alleviate their heart and their pain so we wouldn't try to minimise that, but all we can do is empathise and hope they will heal with time.'

Her daughter was repeatedly stabbed to death after she came to the aid of her friend Barnaby Webber, also 19, instead of fleeing the scene.

Dr Kumar told GMB: 'It seems every day something like this is reported in the press. It's absolutely appalling, you can't even imagine what the parents are going through. This is the most difficult thing for any parent to endure.

'It's something we've endured now for many months and I can tell you how distraught the family are feeling, is only felt by a few like us who have lost children in these absolutely appalling circumstances.'

Miss Kumar, an England under-18s hockey player and University of Nottingham student, died a hero as she bravely tried to fight off Valdo Calocane, 32, during a city-wide rampage in Nottingham on June 13 last year.

Caretaker Ian Coates, 65, was fatally stabbed by Calocane and left for dead.

Calocane was sentenced to detention in a high-security hospital after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. 

But there will be a hearing on May 8 at the Royal Courts of Justice in London for a sentencing review.

Miss Kumar's 'astonishing bravery' was recognised during a previous court hearing in which Dr Kumar praised his daughter as a hero who shunned the opportunity to run away.

MPs and senior police officers have called for her to posthumously be given the George Cross - the highest civilian award for acts of 'the greatest heroism or of the most courage in circumstances of extreme danger'.

Her parents both support the call and told GMB they were 'humbled' by the suggestion she should be recognised for her bravery.

Also today, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said a female police officer suffered 'horrifically serious' arm injuries in the Hainault attack.

He told LBC that the officer had undergone several hours of surgery yesterday and faces 'a long journey of recovery' after nearly losing her hand.

He said: 'The surgeon spent many, many hours basically putting her arm back together.'

A male officer also suffered serious hand injuries and is recovering in hospital.

Speaking about the victim, Sir Mark said: 'The first thing you have to say is for the parents involved, who've lost their 14-year-old, that is just horrific, and it's everyone's worst nightmare. I'm sure we're all thinking about them.'

Terrified residents hid as the swordsman climbed over garden fences, before police managed to Taser and arrest him.

The 36-year-old suspect remains in hospital after being injured when he crashed his van into a house.

Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, of the Metropolitan Police, said he did not believe it was a targeted attack, and it is not believed to be terror-related.

Dramatic footage captured the suspect being cornered and tasered by officers on a residential driveway.

The video shows officers shouting at the suspect, saying 'Don't move, don't f****** move' after he is brought to the ground by three separate Taser discharges.

The words 'Suspect contained' are eventually heard as a female officer pulls the sword away from the attacker.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the King's 'thoughts and prayers are with all those affected' by the 'horrific' stabbings, adding: 'In particular, the family of the young victim who has lost his life.'

Amid speculation about previous police contact with the suspect, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe said that 'no trace of a prior incident' involving him had been found, but that the force will continue to make checks.

A neighbour from nearby Laing Close, who witnessed the attacks, said he could 'not stop envisioning the boy's face'.

James Fernando, 39, said the suspect had asked one of his neighbours to 'take the telephone from him to tell whoever was on the phone his location'.

He said: 'Within two seconds after that she's realised something isn't right, started running and he's pulled a samurai sword from the back of his trousers.

'She's shouted to the other neighbour - a Nigerian boy who was on his way to school. As he's turned around, he's struck him on the face... he was dead on the spot.

'It's quite traumatising now. I can't stop envisioning the boy's face.'

Speaking about what he saw of the suspect, Mr Fernando said: 'He was running around, still after the police officers came, with the sword in his hand, looking for victims.'

Another witness, who asked not to be named, said he heard shrieks and screams following the incident.

He said that from his window he saw a man dressed in yellow jumping over fences and heard someone shout 'He's got a massive knife'.

His words follow footage shared on social media of a man in the area dressed in a yellow hooded jumper brandishing a large knife in his right hand.

Other footage showed the suspect being chased by police as an officer is heard shouting 'Lock your doors' when the sword-wielding man entered residential gardens.

Officers could be heard yelling 'Come here', 'Come this way' and 'Drop the sword' at the suspect, who could be seen climbing on top of an outbuilding and dropping into a garden.

Rishi Sunak described the incident as 'shocking', adding: 'Such violence has no place on our streets'.

The Prime Minister also told the Commons today: 'I know that the thoughts of the whole House are with the people of Hainault in east London following yesterday's appalling attack.

'Such violence has no place on our streets. It is absolutely heart-breaking that a teenage boy has died and I can't imagine what his family are going through, and we send them our heartfelt condolences and offer our very best wishes to all those injured.

'I would just like to reiterate my thanks to the police and other emergency first responders for embodying the highest standards of public service under such awful circumstances.'

Footage shows a man in a yellow jumper chasing after an ambulance while holding a sword as a body lies motionless on the ground.

The home security video shows an ambulance parked next to the body lying on the road in Laing Close before the ambulance quickly drives away from the scene and the man runs after it, shouting.

In another video clip, sent by an anonymous resident, a police car arrives before the man verbally confronts the police and shouts 'Is there anybody here who believes in God?' while standing next to the motionless body.

A voice is heard shouting 'Drop the sword' before a police officer approaches the man and sprays a substance in his direction before he retreats.